A fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it (1994)

Young people mixing paints.

A group of young people around a sheet of white paper spread out on the floor.

They draw with their hands.

Each draws something of their own.

Gradually the sheet is completely filled with paints.

On the monitor screen, a woman begins to read a fairy tale (synchronously).

A wooden boat on the shore of a lake.

A forest.

A hut on chicken legs.

On the screen, a group of people are talking to a psychologist (synchronously).

Panorama of the faces of people looking at the screen.

Young woman (synchronously).

Psychologist (synchronously).

Conversation on the screen (synchronously).

A group of people in a dark room are watching a TV screen.

On the screen is a group working with a psychologist (synchronously).

The psychologist comments on what is happening on the screen (synchronously).

Conversation on the screen.

Psychologist's commentary (synchronously).

Monologue from the TV screen.

Another monologue.

People are looking at the screen, listening attentively.

Monologue from the screen.

A newlywed couple.

Psychologist's commentary (synchronously).

Monologue from the screen.

On the screen is psychotherapist Dr.

Gardner.

Cinderella doll.

Marionette dolls: Cinderella, king, prince.

Dolls: queen and ladies-in-waiting.

Dolls: Queen and Cinderella.

Cinderella and the Prince.

Shop windows with historical costumes.

Newlyweds descending the stairs.

On the monitor screen, women share their stories.

Psychologist's commentary (synchronously).

Gnome doll.

Old mansion.

People near a street kiosk selling books.

A group of gypsies with children.

A girl gives alms to an old man sitting on the steps.

Selling souvenirs on the street.

Amulet dolls.

People on the street.

Matryoshka dolls with the faces of famous politicians.

A clock without hands on a house.

The psychologist continues to comment on what is happening on the screen.

On the TV screen, a woman talks about her problems.

Psychologist (synchronously).

The group members share their thoughts about what they saw (synchronously).

Wooden sculpture of a hero on a horse.

A girl walks through a forest fairy-tale town.

Wooden sculptures of fairy-tale characters.

A girl stands in front of a wooden carved gate.

Wooden sculptures in the forest.

A girl approaches a small tower.

Girls sew dolls for a puppet show.

A fragment of a puppet show.

Women sit around a table and sew dolls.

A group member (synchronously).

Dolls sewn by the group members.

The group members perform a puppet show.

Psychologist (synchronously).

Dolls.

Seaside evening landscape.

Road in the mountains.

Surfer in the sea.

A sheet of paper painted by the group members.