In short, there was a boy who looked similar to Harry Potter, but without glasses, a scar, etc. He had a PDA, which, as far as I remember, was taken by a teacher who later came to his house to return it. Then he, the teacher, and some creatures—either trolls or strange bearded guys looking like rockers, somewhat resembling a cross between Hagrid and the trolls from The 10th Kingdom, but more brutal, not cartoonish, rather prosthetics/makeup and costumes, not small, closer to human height—were involved. Originally, there were four of them, but one had supposedly died, as they believed. They were like guardians. At some point in the movie, they play rock music with guitars. The film featured huge drills and some kind of stone (or something similar) that they had to protect, while some guy was trying to capture it. In the end, it turned out that he was actually the fourth creature from their gang. There were also lightning strikes on the surface near the end (though I don’t remember clearly). At the very end of the movie, the creatures say goodbye to the boy, and he throws his PDA high into the air (I think it lands in a garbage truck) while shouting a battle cry like “Atazoy!” (the cry of those creatures, or something similar).
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1Babel (1999).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118664
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