House of Fools
by Andrei Konchalovsky
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Actor: Stanislav Varkki, Sultan Islamov, Yelena Fomina (II), Yevgeni Mironov, Yuliya VysotskayaDirector: Andrei Konchalovsky
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of House of Fools
Movie Review: Foreign Film Lovers Take Notice
Summary: 5 Stars
For you foreign film lovers that don't mind sub-titles, A+++!!! I enjoy an occasional foreign film and I truly can not believe I had not heard of this movie until now. Excellent writing/directing and the acting in this movie is top notch, escpecially by the main character played by Julia Vysotsky (Zhanna). The underlying theme of the movie (in my opinion) was the absurdity(ies) of war portrayed against the backdrop of an insane assylum during the Chechen War and the undying love of the main character, Zhanna (mental patient), and her imaginary engagement to pop singer Bryan Adams. Yes, Bryan Adams is in this movie and even sings to Zhanna in her daydreams/delusions. I could go on and on, but see it for yourself...Great Film, Highly Recommend it!
Summary of House of Fools
It takes place during the Russian-Chechen war, but House of Fools has the aura of the 1960s about it, specifically the anti-war picture of the King of Hearts variety. Set in a mental hospital near the front lines, the movie poses the age-old question: what happens when the inmates take over the asylum? The doctors have fled from the fighting, so the patients create their own society. Julia Vysotsky, a livewire actress, plays the central role, a blissfully unbalanced woman convinced she is the girlfriend of the singer Bryan Adams (and, game for the challenge, Adams plays himself, endlessly crooning his hit "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"). Director Andrei Konchalovsky (Runaway Train) finds suspense here, and also absurdity, but it's hard to see what the film adds to the roster of "war is hell" movies. The conflict in Chechnya deserves attention, but Konchalovsky overstates his case. --Robert HortonArt House & International DVD Video
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