Documentary

Multicolored Fairies

Mitut värvi haldjad
(1981)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Peeter Simm
Cinematographer: Nikolai Šarubin
Composer: Jaanus Nõgisto
Editor: Tiiu Karu
Producer: Janika Freidkes
Duration: 20 min
Language: Estonian, Russian
Available formats: mov
Colour: Black & white

Festivals:

  • Etats généraux du film documentaire (Lussas, France), 2012, Histoire de doc: Le pays baltes
  • BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival (Germany), 1988, Panorama
  • Estonian Documentary Film Festival (Rakvere Film Club, USSR), 1982, 2nd Prize, Prize of the Rakvere District Committee of the Young Communist League of Estonia

A cinematic narrative about the lives of emotionally hurt children whose destinies have brought them to the school for students with special educational needs. Despite all difficulties, the children strive for goodness while searching for their own “self”. Girls are open-mindedly telling their stories. These young people have already witnessed the darker side of life. Kaagvere school has a strict regimen – children are not allowed to leave the territory, school guards are armed. The boys are talking about how they got into Puiatu special school and the new bad habits that they acquired there. Their attitudes and destinies differ. The boys share their dreams, they sing and play the guitar. “Oh, Estonia” has a beautiful yet sad sound, just like expressing the spoilt lives of the boys.

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