Comet in Moominland (film)

Plot

The plot takes place before the events of the Moomin TV series. Before the events of the film, Moomin and his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma had moved to Moominvalley and finished building Moomin House.

Moomin, Little My and Sniff go to the beach to find shells for Moomimamma who wants them to adorn her flowerbeds. During the trip Sniff finds a cave. On the same evening it is raining, and Moomin gives Moominmamma a pearl he has found from the sea. Moominmamma suggests he gives it to a girl he likes, but Moomin doesnt believe such thing will happen. Suddenly the Muskrat appears on the front door and asks for a place to stay because his home on the riverbank has been destroyed when Moominpappa build a bridge there earlier on the same day. Muskrat, a philosopher, tells he has smelled something strange recently, and argues that the current rain is unnatural. The next day, Muskrats words come true, because the rain has changed everything black and according to Muskrat it is soot from outer space. To the entire people of the Moominvalley, he notes that the Final Judgment will fall upon them on. Later on the same day at the dinner table, he tells the Moomins about galaxies, their homeworld, and its fate. He believes that a threat is coming from space and nothing can be done.

Moominpappa gets the idea about the astronomical observatory in the Lonely mountains, where a telescope can see far into space. The next morning, Moomin, Little My and Sniff leave the valley toward the Lonely mountains. On the way they meet Snufkin for the first time when he plays the harmonica in a tent close to the river. Snufkin has heard about a comet which could crush to earth at any time, and joins the group. On the way he also tells of an old crater that is filled with garnets. Sniff visits the crater trying to get garnets for himself. However, a large monster-like lizard attacks him, and while Sniff narrowly escapes he loses all the garnets he managed to collect. After that they climb the steep mountains towards the observatory, while Moomin finds a golden anklet. Snufkin knows that the anklet belongs to the Snorkmaiden, who was probably also traveling to the observatory with her brother Snork who is interested about the comet.

Moomin and his friends arrive at the observatory, where they find out that the comet will be colliding in two days. On the way back to home, Moomin saves the Snorkmaiden from a giant carnivorous plant, and they immediately fall in love with each other. Both Snork Maiden and Snork join the group while they try to reach Moominvalley before the comet. On the way they cross the bottom of the sea, which has dried completely because of the heat of the closing comet. Sniff finds an old pocket knife near and old sunken ship and the others climb in to find more treasures. Snorkmaiden saves Moomin and Snufkin from a giant octopus inside the shipwreck. On the last day the group eventually reaches Moominvalley where all residents except Moomins parents are fleeing because of the comet. After that Moomin and friends meet Hemulen who is a philatelist and unaware of the impending doom. A hurricane strikes them but they use the wind to their advantage by flying to the Moominhouse with Snufkins tent. Hemulen loses his stamp collection in the hurricane but later regains it. Back home, Moominpappa and Moominmamma are waiting for their son, because it happens to be Moomins birthday. After eating dinner they all decide to move to Sniffs cave for shelter and take the furnitures with them. Sniff is lost during the move when he sees a kitten and begins to follow it with a piece of cake. When there are only minutes left to the expected moment of the comet impact, Moomin and Snufkin find Sniff, who is paralysed from fear, and they carry him into the cave in the last minute. The comet almost crashes the earth, but suddenly changes its course and turns away. The valley is saved.

On the next morning, the sea comes back and the Moomin family and their friends celebrate it on the beach. Moomin gives Snorkmaiden the pearl which he found at the beginning of the film.