House of Fools / Дом дураков
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- War
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.
House of Fools is a 2002 Russian drama that unfolds in a mental institution on the border of Chechnya and Russia during wartime. Rather than focusing on combat, the film follows patients navigating their daily lives and personal struggles as war encroaches on their sanctuary. It's a unique exploration of how ordinary people—and those dealing with mental illness—endure extraordinary circumstances.
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Yuliya VysotskayaZhanna
Evgeny MironovOfficer
Vladas BagdonasDoctor
Marina PolitseymakoVika
Anatoli AdoskinFucue- Sultan IslamovAhmed
- Stanislav VarkkiAli
- Elena FominaLucy
Bryan AdamsSelf
Anatoli ZhuravlyovFighter
Armen DavidyantsInsane man
Rasmi DzhabrailovMakhmud
Cecilie ThomsenLithuanian sniper
Aleksandr SeleznyovFyodor the Drunk
Magomed ZurabovAfghani
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Дом дураков, трейлер/ House of Fools, trailer
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House of Fools — frequently asked
When was House of Fools released?
House of Fools premiered on December 6, 2002.
What is House of Fools about?
The film centers on patients in a mental institution near the Chechen border who must continue their daily lives and manage their conditions as the Chechen war unfolds around them. It's a drama-romance that uses war as a backdrop rather than a central focus.
Is House of Fools a typical war film?
No. While set during the Chechen war, it's not a conventional war film—instead, it examines how the patients and staff cope with their personal struggles and relationships amid the conflict.
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