Very loosely based on Lesya Ukrainka’s 1911 play The Forest Song, all this is very much in the tradition of Rapunzel by way of Disney’s Tangled, with a big dash of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, while the animal sidekicks – such as cat-frog Swampy and a mobile tree spirit/talking log named Frol – are like fractionally cuter versions of the genetically engineered abominations from The Island of Doctor Moreau. During the journey, Rapunzel gets the chance to explore the world and learns the origins of the Sundrop and Moonstone as two halves of an ancient power seeking to be rejoined. Original Price 3.32 (40 off) Add to Favorites. But wealthy villainess Kalina wants to acquire an elixir from a magic tree in the forest that keeps her from ageing, so she sends a guileless young musician hunk named Lucas in to the forest to find it – and he promptly makes friends/falls in love with Mavka. Tangled Sun Favors, Quinceañera Favors, Princess Party, Sweet 16 Party Favors, Mis XV Años, Tangled Wedding, Birthday Favor, Rapunzel Favors. ![]() ![]() Forest sprite protagonist Mavka (voiced in the English version by Laurie Hymes) is a fetchingly designed ingenue with green hair, disproportionally large doe eyes and magical healing skills, who lives in a part of the forest where humans no longer go, thanks to an old treaty between them and the forest spirits. This Ukrainian animated feature offers a bricolage of tropes from a wide range of children’s stories mostly these derive from other movies but there’s a strong, proper folk-story spine in there too.
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