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Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Andrei Konchalovsky wrote and directed the Russian film, House of Fools.The movie tells the story of a psychiatric hospital on the border of Russia and Chechnya, during the war. Zhanna, who is in love with pop star Bryan Adams, is a patient at the hospital. While the war rages on, the medical staff leaves, presumably to find a safer place for the patients. While the staff is absent, the patients have to deal with each other, soldiers, and reality of war.Konchalovsky's purpose is to show that even in war, one can still dream and feel at home. Zhanna, who is duped into thinking that she will marry one of the Chechan soldiers, must deal with rejection, in addition to the war itself. The one thing that gets her through it is musician Bryan Adams. She imagines that Bryan is right there with her. She dreams that one day the two of them will get married. She uses these dreams to help herself get through her problems.Zhanna and the other patients are surprised when Chechan soldiers use the facility as their headquarters. Eventually, after falling in love with one of the soldiers, Zhanna is confronted with major battle occurring right outside her window. Eventually, the Russians win the fight.The theme of violence as an unnatural occurrence is seen throughout the film. Whenever violence is portrayed, it is shown as wrong. We see this through the eyes of Zhanna, who sees a soldier shot and killed right in front of her eyes.I enjoyed this movie. As many people have said, it is a war film without actually being about war. My favorite part of the film was the portrayal of Zhanna by Yuliya Vysotskaya. She gives the character life, by portraying her as a misunderstood do-gooder who takes imaginary journeys with Bryan Adams.

To hear the scenario of "House of Fools" one might think of other movies that deal with mental institutions ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Girl Interrupted", etc), but these comparisons would be too easy. Far closer to the actual style and mood of the picture would be comparisons to fantasies like "The Purple Rose of Cairo" or "Pan's Labrynth" where characters are able to escape from the pain of World Crisis through the aid of imagination. As the character Janna disappears from the chaos around her, from the conditions of the asylum to the threat of death from the Czech army, we see a woman who is far from lucid and weaving in and out of independence. She is at times conscious of what goes on around her, while playing into her craziness as a means of escaping the pain of life. The movie is bold to portray this beautiful woman as someone who is not altogether sane. The style of the movie changes with the state of Janna's mind. Some scenes are shot with incredible depth of field camera work, such as the helicopter crashing behind Janna in a shot that was no doubt inspired by the silent comedians. Other scenes are filmed with glossy, soft lighting, such as the train scenes with Bryan Adams, to create a wonderful dream feeling. When the movie does come crashing back into reality, the grim nature of it all is very painful, so we the audience, like Janna, long for the next accordion solo.

A hospital near a monorail.A merciless war.The soldiers' grimness.The psychiatrist left his "psihushka" to seek means of securing his patients.The clinic is taken over alternatively by Chechens and by Russians,and made over into a battle scene.The mad people:some are grovelling,others are grumpy,others grinning, contentious, fractious, petulant,forlorn, babyish,foul, fossils of disease.The Chechen soldiers are portly,while some of the young ones are very handsome.My favorite scene is the Chechens' song:heart-breaking and manly.It also offers a sample of the beauty and musical valences of that Oriental language.One of the best musical moments in cinema's history."Dom ..." is made of suavity and infinite tenderness.The story is limber.In depth,this flick about an amorous insane woman is a parable about the ambiguity of life.The score is a profusion of beauty and Oriental privacy.Mrs. Vysotskaya is amazing as "Jana";the rest of the cast is first-class.Visually,the movie is not as beautiful as many Russian movies are (e.g.,Utomlyonnye Solntsem).The photography is deliberately made to look like that of a documentary.The hospital is not grisly;"Dom Durakov" is not about madness in a clinical sense,nor war,nor love,for what love could be that;it is about the ambiguity of life,about the hidden infinite suavity.The hospital itself is a parable.It is a clinic of parable and symbol,not one of cruel naturalism.The aesthetics is one of insobriety,extravagance,fancy and powerful exuberance."Dom ..." features a pleasurable and plain cosmopolitanism:Adams and Chechen songs.Konchalovsky is back in high form,with this work of contemplation and insight.Tocilescu,the Romanian director,praised to the skies this film's richness.

Quite frankly, this movie deserves a 10/10 for its wonderful portrayal of life in a mental institution caught in the crossfire between Russian and Chechen forces. But why oh why oh why did the (clearly intelligent and artful) director have to make such extensive use of Bryan Adams? I could have dealt with it if there was just one fantasy with him, or if most of the fantasies had been silent (rather than plagued with his sugary awful romance-pop), or even if (God forbid) they had used MORE THAN ONE BRYAN ADAMS SONG for these sequences. It's the same song over and over again. Ugh.That said, this movie is a great treatise on the new imperialism that is threatening to destroy the world (not just in Russia, Americans might take note here). There's clearly a lot of Fellini to be found if you go looking for it -- the accordion-playing heroine, the colorful characters, and particularly the circus music which shows up from time to time. Also, I was very strongly reminded of Begnini's "Life Is Beautiful", another film which managed to find humanity and quirky warmth in the midst of a truly awful conflict and situation.Even with Bryan Adams this movie gets an easy 8/10.