Pelicanman

Pelikaanimies, feature film, 2004

DIRECTED BY: Liisa Helminen

Pelicanman

CAST:
Kari Ketonen (gdin. pelikan),
Roni Haarakangas (Emil),
Inka Nuorgam (Elsa),
Liisa Kuoppamäki (majka)

SCRIPT:
William Aldridge,
Liisa Helminen (prema romanu Leene Krohn)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Timo Salminen

Synopsis:
The main character of this film works in the opera house. He is in love with a ballerina and is a friend to two little kids, Emil and Elsa. Even though all the grown-ups see him as an ordinary man, the two kids see his true self - he is in fact a bird! He had flown to Finland and became enchanted with the local people. He became a man, learned to imitate the Finnish language and decided to stay and learn more about Finnish people.

color, 90 min