Bumpy

Plot

Brother and sister Kusti and Iti are picking wild strawberries when they are abducted by Metsamoor, a forest witch. Metsamoor lives on a farm with Tölpa and Mõhk, two lazy creatures, and her son. Kusti is forced to perform slave labor around the farm, and Iti is locked in the hut to care for Metsamoor's mischievous son, whom Iti calls "Bumpy" ("Nukitsamees," or "the little horned one" in Estonian), due to the horn-like bumps on his head.

After some time in captivity, Kusti and Iti manage to escape, taking Bumpy with them back to their family. Though the parents and grandparents accept Bumpy, Kusti and Iti's five siblings reject him. Despite Father's insistence that they wait to see if Bumpy will grow into a normal adult, and Mother's repeated song number arguing against using a corporal punishment against the young boy, the siblings decide to wash Bumpy and rasp down his horns, to no avail as they immediately grow back.

Bumpy escapes the children's harassment only to be found by the family at the edge of the forest where Metsamoor resides. Unable to leave the forest from which she gets her powers, Metsamoor cannot take Bumpy back to her farm, much to the family's relief, who decide to adopt him for good. His horns magically disappear, and he whispers into Grandfather's ear the human name he chose for himself.

Cast

Egert Soll as Nukitsamees

Anna-Liisa Kurve as Iti

Ülari Kirsipuu as Kusti

Ines Aru as Mother

Aarne Üksküla as Father

Sulev Nõmmik as Grandfather

Ita Ever as Metsamoor

Kaarel Kilvet as Metsavana

Urmas Kibuspuu as Tölpa

Tõnu Kark as Mõhk

Mari Jüssi as Minni

Tanel Kapper as Juku

Ingrid Maasik as Mann

Heiki Moorlat as Aadu

Mihkel Raud as Tõnn

Awards

Awards, nominations, participations:

1982: All-Union Film Festival (USSR), Grand Prix of children's jury and audience

1983: Soviet Estonian Film Festival, best cinematographer work: Ago Ruus