House of Fools
2002 · Movie · 104 min · ★ 5.8 · 47% critics
In a mental institution near a conflict zone, patients try to keep their routines as fighting closes in and the staff disappears for days. When different armed groups move through the grounds, the residents must navigate fear, confusion, and fragile moments of connection while coping with their illnesses.
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Details
- Original title
- Дом дураков
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-12-06
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 47/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (51 votes)
About
You may like this if you want an offbeat, human-focused anti-war story set far from the front lines, with dark humor and tenderness; Not for you if you want a straightforward war action film like Harrison's Flowers.
Pros: unusual war perspective; moving, quirky tone; strong performances | Cons: unsettling war violence; uneven mood shifts; recurring fantasy scenes
Awards & recognition
- Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival · 2002
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2003 · nominated
Cast & crew
Yuliya Vysotskaya
as Zhanna
Evgeny Mironov
as Officer
Vladas Bagdonas
as Doctor
Marina Politseymako
as Vika
Anatoli Adoskin
as Fucue
- SI
Sultan Islamov
as Ahmed
- SV
Stanislav Varkki
as Ali
- EF
Elena Fomina
as Lucy
Bryan Adams
as Self
Anatoli Zhuravlyov
as Fighter
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky