Early the next morning, Giulia decides to wake Luca and Alberto by pretending to play the military wake up call. Later that night, Giulia offers Luca and Alberto to stay in her treehouse. On the fly, Luca offers that he and Alberto can help, with Alberto stating that they know lots of fish. Massimo talks to Giulia, not wanting her to enter the race due to her past experiences and their shortage of money. When Massimo asks where the boys are from, Giulia covers up, saying that they are classmates from Genova who came for the race. That's where Luca and Alberto meet Massimo, Giulia's intimidating fisherman father. Giulia invites Luca and Alberto to dinner at her house. She thusly names their team, 'The Underdogs'. Luca and Alberto, in an attempt to earn money for their own vespa, talks their way into forming a team with Giulia, who often works solo, but is inspired by the notion of 'underdogs' sticking together. After getting Luca and Alberto to safety, Giulia continues her deliveries to earn money for the competition's entry fee. As Ercole pesters Luca and Alberto, Giulia rescues them while declaring that she will finally win the oncoming Portorosso Cup, in reference to her longstanding rivalry with Ercole. Giulia is first seen when Luca and Alberto first arrived in Portorosso. For her swim outfit, she wears a one piece turquoise suit with water goggles. Giulia also still wears her sky-blue beanie with her school uniform. Her school uniform consists of a white shirt with a red bow, a pale blue plaid skirt, white socks, and brown slip-on shoes. She wears a sky-blue beanie, a reddish-orange-and-white striped T-shirt, turquoise jeans with a blue patch on the right knee, and brown sandals. Giulia is a 13-year-old Italian girl with red, short curly hair, brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin with freckles. This caused Luca and Alberto to risk their welfare to help Giulia, causing her father and the townspeople to see how harmless the boys were while Giulia's friendship with them strengthened. She was willing to injure herself and put her own life on the line to protect the boys, showing she cares more about their safety than her own. Later on, Giulia protected Luca and Alberto from Ercole during the race when the sea monster forms were exposed. She later discovered that Luca was one too but knew they meant no harm and asked Luca to leave town as she feared for his safety. Giulia did not believe in sea monsters at first and was frightened when Alberto revealed himself as one. Her giving her book on the universe away to Luca suggests that those she meets earn her trust after a period of time spent together with the person. However, Giulia later reveals her strong desire to win is also a way for people to accept her for who she is, as she has been bullied due to being considered weird, especially after being humiliated the last time she entered the Portorosso Cup race.Īs she gets to know Luca better, she tells him more about herself, including her interest in stargazing and her school in Genova.

She tried to paint herself as someone independent at first, as she was reluctant to accept help from runaways but began to open up to the two boys when they helped dislodge her bike from an out-of-place stone brick.Īfter losing and embarrassing herself at the Portorosso Cup race one time, Giulia developed a stronger desire to keep competing in the race until she won and beat Ercole, the five-time champion, to pay him back for always making her life miserable. Her dislike for Ercole because of being bullied by him often also helped fuel her actions. Giulia described herself as a local outcast in Portorosso who was different from the rest of the crowd as a way to explain her reasoning for standing up for Luca and Alberto. But when two new kids show up who clearly need an ally, Giulia is more than happy to oblige – especially when they agree to team up with her in a local race she desperately wants to win. She only spends summers in Portorosso, so she hasn't cultivated many friendships, which makes her the main target of the Portorosso bully. Official Description Giulia Marcovaldo is an outgoing and charming adventurer with a love of books and learning. During the year prior to the film's Portorosso Cup race, Giulia lost due to getting sick from eating too much pasta, causing her to be nicknamed 'Spewlia' by Ercole. Her summers in Portorosso often ended losing, however, as her participation in the Portorosso Cup race resulted in humiliation from the town bully Ercole Visconti. Giulia stayed with her mother and her pet dog, Nerone, and attended school for most of the year, but stayed with Massimo and his pet cat, Machiavelli, for summer break. At some point in her childhood, her parents separated, with Massimo living in Portorosso and her mother living in Genoa.

Giulia was born to Massimo Marcovaldo, a fisherman, and Maria Marcovaldo, an artist.

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