Is House of Fools sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is House of Fools scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is House of Fools easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is House of Fools violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does House of Fools end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

House of Fools

Name: House of Fools
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 2002
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Evgeny Mironov, Vladas Bagdonas, Marina Politseymako, Anatoli Adoskin

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

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky

Produced by Bac Films, Persona

2002104 min5.9 / 10

A darkly humanistic portrait of mental patients navigating daily life and fragile bonds amid the chaos of war, where institutional routine becomes both refuge and prison.

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.

Clusters

Mental Illness Caregiving Loyalty Under Pressure Forbidden Love Stories Love Under Social Pressure

Genres

Drama Romance War

Questions people ask

Is House of Fools sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is House of Fools scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is House of Fools easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is House of Fools violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does House of Fools end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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