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Ella and Friends

Ella and Friends

20125.51h 21m

Overview

A young girl and her friends try to save their small rural school from being demolished to make way for a race track.

Directed by Taneli Mustonen
Written by Timo Parvela, Aleksi Hyvärinen
Produced by Juha Wuolijoki
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Top Cast

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Freja Teijonsalo

Ella

Eero Milonoff

Eero Milonoff

Opettaja

Kari Ketonen

Kari Ketonen

Isä Yksi

A

Artturi Auvinen

Tuukka

A

Aura Mikkonen

Tiina

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Emilia Paasonen

Hanna

Armi Toivanen

Armi Toivanen

Rehtori, Paten äiti

Ville Myllyrinne

Ville Myllyrinne

Uuden koulun rehtori

Pamela Tola

Pamela Tola

Martta, virastotäti

Ville Virtanen

Ville Virtanen

Virastosetä

Themes & Keywords

friendshipschoolrace car driverbased on children's bookfinland

About Ella and Friends

Ella and Friends is a comedy, adventure, family film released in 2012 exploring themes of friendship, school, race car driver, based on children's book, finland. Directed by Taneli Mustonen, it stars Freja Teijonsalo, Eero Milonoff, Kari Ketonen. A young girl and her friends try to save their small rural school from being demolished to make way for a race track.

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