_root.function not calling?!

programming flash
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Hi! :beer:

Please, have a look on the following code. As you can see, it defines a function in the main timeline:


function movf(){
    //does something;
}

Then I load a movie into that main timeline, and from within that movie i call the function:


mc.onRelease = function(){
    _root.movf();
}

But it doesnt work. Why?!