Dom durakov

"It's a mad, mad, mad world..."

Dec 6 2002 R 1h 44m
Drama, Music, Romance

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.

Plot

In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story.

Written by

Andrey Konchalovskiy

Directed by

Andrey Konchalovskiy

Production Countries

France, Russia

Production Companies

Bac Films, Hachette Première, Persona

Languages

Awards

4 wins & 6 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,928
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
52
Popularity
NA