House of Fools

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Languages: Chechen, Russian

Year: 2002

Vote: 5.9

Festival & Award: Venice - Grand Jury Prize

House of Fools

The showmakers

Андрей Кончаловский
Юлия Высоцкая
Евгений Миронов
Vladas Bagdonas
Марина Полицеймако

Overview

The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. 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.

Indie vibes check

Andrei Konchalovsky's film, while internationally co-produced, maintained an independent production structure and artistic vision, fitting within the indie category.

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