SYNOPSICS
Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001) is a Finnish movie. Olli Saarela has directed this movie. Allan Tuppurainen,Maria Järvenhelmi,Peter Franzén,Kari Hietalahti are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2001. Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001) is considered one of the best Family,Fantasy,Music movie in India and around the world.
Troll-like rolleys find a village of goblins of the forest and take it as their own. The oldest of the rolley tribe leaves the community as it has came the time of him to rest and the tribe to choose a new lead. One rolley named Rölli follows the old leader and sees him changing into a turkey by a weird huge scale on top of a hill. New social order of the tribe does not come without conflicts in the community and between the rolleys and the goblins. One brave goblin called Milli tries to make a peace between rolleys and goblins, but rolleys can not be friends with kind creatures. Yet Milli and Rölli become partners in trying to return the balance between the good and the bad in the forest.
Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001) Reviews
A Finnish fantasy tale
Wonderful children's movie that keeps also the more grown up viewers interested all along the way. The director succeeds combining a good story, different kinds of character personalities, and the technical implementation, into a one very working title. The beautiful Finnish nature supports this fantasy tale, that tells the classic battle between good and evil, in it's own personal "goblins" vs. "elfs" way. The technical implementation is very demanding at times, the goblins remind me the desert folk from "mad max 2", but the team handles creating the wardrobe, the goblin city and other parts very well. The budget is not very big, but the love for making good movies has inspired the team to finish every little detail with care. Both thumbs up for this whole family's movie.
A beautifully filmed fairytale
In a struggle between good, represented by the wood elves, and evil, represented by the trolls, the conflict is reduced to a level that, whilst far from banal, is perfect for family entertainment. Unlike, for example, the Lord of the Ring trilogy, the evil creatures, while scary and aggressive, are also cute and amusing. The elves, on the other hand, capture the fascinating beauty portrayed in that famous trilogy without the overtones of aggression. Every scene involving the elves conveys a harmony of which this beauty is a principal feature. They wish to live their lives without having to battle for their freedom to do so. In the context of a fairytale, this seems to me to be perfectly legitimate. Olli Saarela, the director, displays a feeling for the beauty of natural colours almost as good as Franco Zefferelli in the countryside scenes of La Traviata, and contrasts them well with the darkness of evil. The film is splendidly supported by the leading actor, Allu Tuppurainen, and actress, Maria Järvenhelmi, who nicely capture the nuances of emotion as both the thematic struggle and their personal relationship follow their twisting course. There are a few musical interludes, well woven into the storyline, but these do not reach the heights of the visual and narrative aspects of the film. The whole film exudes a fairytale atmosphere, and evokes an urge to learn how the story unfolds, right up to the very end. It is very good family entertainment.
Story about friendship
I think this is another Rölli-movie... This is wonderful and cute film for all "odd creatures" with great Finnish actors and actresses like Allu Tuppurainen (of course), Maria Järvenhelmi, Peter Franzen, Kari Hietalahti, Samuli Edelman. Rölli-tribe ashores to the land, which is allready own by forest goblins. Nice goblins are scared of the "horrible" Rölli-tribe and run away, but one of them, Milli, believes that Röllis aren't bad, and quietly befriends with one Rölli. Meanwhile their tribes start a war, and it is Milli's and Rölli's job to stop their tribes to kill each other.
A wonderful dreamlike fairytale
This film is a truly beautiful little fairytale film.A very nice continuance for director Saarela and for actors Järvenhelmi,Franzen and Edelmann.This film tells a story about getting a new friend and sticking with her thru thick and thin.As the film says love can beat the death and can make a difference.Director Saarela can make all types of films you can tell:Rukajärventie (Ambush) is a magnificent war film,Bad Luck Love is a story about love in suburban hell and about gang wars and now this beautiful fairytale.Totally awesome !!!