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Giulia Marcovaldo is a main character in the 2021 Disney•Pixar animated feature film, Luca. An Italian teenage girl, staying with her father Massimo in Portorosso for the summer, she befriends Luca Paguro and Alberto Scorfano and tries to help them win the Portorosso Cup.

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Official Description[]

Giulia Marcovaldo is an outgoing and charming adventurer with a love of books and learning. She only spends summers in Portorosso, so she hasn’t cultivated many friendships, which makes her the main target of the Portorosso bully, Ercole. 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.

Giulia was born to Massimo Marcovaldo, a fisherman, and an unnamed mother, an artist. At some point in her childhood, her parents separated, with Massimo living in Portorosso and her mother living in Genoa. 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. Her summers in Portorosso often ended in misery, however, as her participation in the Portorosso Cup race resulted in humiliation from the town bully Ercole Visconti. 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.

Personality[]

Giulia described herself as an underdog who was different from the rest of the crowd as a way to explain her reasoning for standing up for Luca and Alberto. Her dislike for Ercole because of being bullied by him often also helped fuel her actions. 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.

After 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. 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.

As she gets to know Luca better, she tells him more about herself, including her interest in stargazing and her school in Genova. 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.

Giulia did not believe in sea monsters and was frightened when Alberto revealed himself as one. 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 stood up for Luca and Alberto against Ercole, and their friendship strengthened.

Physical appearance[]

Giulia is a young Italian girl with red, short curly hair, brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin with freckles. She wears a sky-blue beanie, an orange-and-white striped T-shirt, turquoise jeans with a blue patch on the right knee, and brown sandals.

Her school uniform consists of a white shirt with a red bow, a pale blue plaid skirt, white socks, and brown slip-on shoes. Giulia also still wears her sky-blue beanie with her school uniform.

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