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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1986 - 26 July.3 August

Sections & Films

THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION

Category: Edition 1986

Synopsis
Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy.

Original Title The Peanut Butter Solution
Italian Title Mistero, pennelli e magici capelli
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 94'
Production Year 1985
Nationality Canada
Directed by Michael Rubbo
Screenplay Vojtech Jasný, Andrée Pelletier
Main cast Mathew Mackay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Darcy

 regista Michael RubboMICHAEL RUBBO

Michael Dattilo Rubbo (born 31 December 1938) is an Australian filmmaker, screenwriter, and publisher who has written and directed over 50 films in documentary and fiction. Rubbo studied at Scotch College, Melbourne, and read anthropology at Sydney University, before travelling on a Fulbright scholarship to study film at Stanford University, California where he got his MA in Communication Arts. Rubbo worked for 20 years as a documentary film director at the National Film Board of Canada before returning to Australia.