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Title: very unique film
Review: House of Fools provides a very unique perspective of life in a corner of Russia - in a psychiatric hospital on the Chechen border. Based on a true story, the hospital inmates are surprised by reality when war reaches their doorstep and the nurses and doctor abandon the facility.The lead character, Janna, is convinced she is engaged to singer Bryan Adams. His frequent appearances in her fantasies, singing If You Love a Woman, provide comedic interludes among the serious topics of psychosis and war. As the Chechens use the hospital facilities as a base, we see their interactions with the patients and watch Janna fall in love with a Chechen fighter.While the film portrays the Chechens rather sympathetically, its larger message transcends ethnic groups or military factions, questioning the boundaries between sanity and insanity, especially in times of war.A unique film combining comedy, realism and fantasy, this Russian film is a classic.
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