House of Fools (2002)
- Original title
- Дом дураков
- Directed by
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Genre
- drama film, war film, comedy drama, romance film
- Country
- Russia
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 12+
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During the First Chechen War, patients in a psychiatric hospital and nearby soldiers interact in unusual ways. The film blends black humor with horrific war scenes and psychological tension.
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What happens
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. Distinctly anti-war and controversial in Russia, House of Fools is a bizarre blend of black comedy, touching drama, horrific warfare and subtly disturbing psychological content. The film was screened in the competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival and won Grand Special Jury Prize and UNICEF Award and was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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