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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2002 - 20.27 July

Sections & Films

ROLLI

Category: Edition 2002

Synopsis
The turbulent and terrible Rolli tribe, led by the Old Chief, arrives with his boats in a new country. A map leads the rolls to an elven village deep in the forest. The elves, frightened by the approach of the tribe, hide. The rolli finding a beautiful village, with cozy houses surrounded by green forest, decide to settle in that perfect place in which it seems not to live anywhere. Millie, a brave and young elf girl thinks that she and her people can not leave their homes without trying anything. One thousand is convinced that one could try to communicate with the newcomers to find together a possible compromise. The young girl returns to the village and runs into Rolli the Troll. The two become friends. The other rolls do not approve of their friendship and the thing triggers fun games of strength between good and evil, friendship and enmity until the forest creatures, rollers and elves, learn to live together.

Original Title Rölli ja metsänhenki
Italian Title Rolli
Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 92'
Production Year 2001
Directed by Olli Saarela
Screenplay Ilkka Matila, Olli Saarela
Main cast Allan Tuppurainen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Peter Franzén

 regista Olli SaarelaOLLI SAARELA

Olli Saarela (born 16 March 1965) is a Finnish film director. He has directed films such as Ambush, Bad Luck Love, Rollo and the Woods Sprite and Year of the Wolf, which is based on a book written by Virpi Hämeen-Anttila. Ambush was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.