- Country: Italy
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror
- Release: 1977-11-24
- Director: Mauro Bolognini
- Writers: Luciano Vincenzoni , Nicola Badalucco , Angelo Dellagiacoma
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Shelley Winters , Max von Sydow (I) , Renato Pozzetto , Alberto Lionello
- Runtime: 115 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Didysis virimas (Lithuania) , Black Journal , Black Journal (France, French Republic) , Presagio (Argentina) , A nagy főzés (Hungary) , Sztuka mięsa (Poland) , Sólo Dios sabe la verdad (Spain) , Gran bollito (Italy) , Mémoires diaboliques (Canada) , Gran bollito , Pacto alucinante (Spain) , Black Journal (United Kingdom) , Black Journal (United States of America) , La signora degli orrori , Húsdarab (Hungary) , Большое варево , Black Journal
- Plot: Lea, a mature Neapolitan woman who runs a box office in the Lotto in a northern city, has had thirteen children, but all but one have died from abortion or after a few months of life. The only survivor, Michele, is taken care of by her with morbid affection: she is convinced that she has stolen it from death by negotiating with her, so she is not willing to give it away either to her country or to another woman. When Michele gets engaged with a pretty dance teacher, the mother, to avert her detachment, makes a new sacrifice to Death, suppressing three spinster friends, from which she obtains soap and biscuits. His call to arms comes for his son: to get him back, Lea wants to multiply his sacrificial rites, targeting, this time, a silent maid and the hated girl of Michael. The carabinieri will stop it in time.
- IMDB:tt0076099
Gran bollito Cast · · · ALL
Mauro Bolognini
Director
Shelley Winters
Lea
Max von Sydow
(I)
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Renato Pozzetto
Stella Kraus / Carabiniere
Alberto Lionello
Berta Maner / Banker
Laura Antonelli
Sandra
Mario Scaccia
Rosario
Franco Branciaroli
Priest Don Onorio
Milena Vukotic
Tina
Rita Tushingham
Maria
Adriana Asti
Palma
Antonio Marsina
Michele
Liù Bosisio
Crippled Neighbor
Maria Monti
Second Neighbor
Giancarlo Badessi
Lisa's Friend
Marco Modugno
Student
Alberto Squillante
Carabiniere
Franco Balducci
Gérard Caillaud
Man in Police Station (uncredited)