Unna and Nuuk (2006)

Original title

Unna ja Nuuk

Directed by

Saara Cantell

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

K-7

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl and a boy go on a forest adventure. They uncover something from ancient Finnish times. The story mixes fantasy with old language.

adventurouswhimsicalwarmmysteriousgentlechildlikeearthyfolkloric

What happens

Unna ja Nuuk is a Finnish family film that debuted in Finland on 20 January 2006. Directed by Saara Cantell, its screenplay was written by Joona Tena and Sami Keski-Vähälä. Unna ja Nuuk stars Rosa Salomaa, Toni Leppe, Esko Salminen, Meri Nenonen, Jenni Banerjee, Tommi Korpela, etc. Much of the film's dialogue is written in a version of the Proto-Finnic language, which was reconstructed by lector Jouko Koivisto. The movie had a budget of approximately €1.3 million and was produced by Mandart Entertainment Ltd. The movie featured in the Berlin Film Festival in February 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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