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House of Fools (Russian: Дом дураков, Dom durakov) is a 2002 Russian film by Andrei Konchalovsky about psychiatric patients and combatants during the First Chechen War. It stars Julia Vysotskaya and Sultan Islamov and features a number of cameo appearances by Bryan Adams , with the music composed by Eduard Artemyev .
Dec 6, 2002 · House of Fools: Directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy. With Yuliya Vysotskaya, Evgeniy Mironov, Sultan Islamov, Stanislav Varkki. In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves.
May 16, 2003 · Andrei Konchalovsky's "House of Fools" begins with ominous signs that it will be yet another recycling of simple fools, angelic heroines and Baked Potatoes, with the familiar moral that it's the outside world that's crazy.
House of Fools has a potentially intriguing fact-based story to tell, but an insensitive approach to depicting mental illness undermines its effectiveness. Read Critics Reviews
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A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.
House of Fools is a striking and hauntingly beautiful film that captures the essence of the human experience and the fragile nature of sanity. Set in a psychiatric institution in war-torn Chechnya, the movie tells the story of a group of patients who are left to fend for themselves when their doctor and the rest of the staff abandon the ...
Yevgeny Mironov Cast. Sergei Kozlov Cinematography. Eduard Artemyev Music. Olga Grinshpun Editing. Felix Kleiman Producer. Sergei Khramtsov Producer. Critics reviews. War brings together a disillusioned soldier and a sweet but delusional woman in this romantic comedy-drama from director Andrei Konchalovsky.
