
- 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)