Hello Elephant

Feb 23, 1952

1h 23m

★ 5.7

Overview

Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and life will become easier for his wife, Maria Mereander, and kids. An Indian prince (Sabu) visits Italy, is assisted by the teacher and gives De Sica a baby elephant as a reward. This upsets the landlord, Nando Bruno, the other tenants, and the neighborhood. He takes the elephant away but, like Lassie, it comes home.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Dear Film

Rizzoli Film

Produzioni De Sica

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Cast

Carlo Caretti

Vittorio De Sica

Mario Caretti

María Mercader

signor Venturi

Nando Bruno

Sultan of Nagore

Sabu

Gisella Sofio

Michele Sakara

Ciro Berardi

Giuseppe Chinnici

Antonio Nicotra

Sofi Fort

Teresa Fimiani

Pasquale De Filippo

Bonnie, a nine-year-old single child, is part of a family of three living in the Netherlands. They have a love of elephants, passed on by Bonnie's grandfather's grandfather who worked on a game reserve in Africa, and Bonnie feels that she instinctively does things like an elephant as a result. Her single mother, Lis, is bi-polar and at times spends days on end without even getting out of bed. Then there are other times when she will manically do wild acts, such as impromptu dancing in public. As a result, Bonnie's sturdy and stable grandmother must hold the family together by doing all the cooking, etc. After her grandmother is killed by a car, Bonnie becomes the most responsible family member and struggles with preparing meals and getting her reluctant mother to take her medication. She also must dodge Jorien, a social worker who is attempting to place her in a foster home.

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