left!
Hey, Miss Musician,
have you seen anyone?
- What?
- There is nobody!
Head on up.
They must be upstairs.
Nobody goes out,
unless you want to be shot!
Understood?
Is it the war again?
We're looking for bandits!
They're hiding here
somewhere.
Understand?
Everybody hit the floor!
- It's the war, all right!
- Get down!
Toss in a smoke bomb!
Surrender, you fuckers!
Wait.
Rekemchuk?
Shit,
we're shooting
at our own side!
Rekemchuk, are you
fucking crazy?
Answer me
and make it snappy!
They shot Smirnov
on the roof.
We were firing at you...
It's just a scratch.
Safonov is hurt.
We'll set him straight.
Get up there, hurry!
Fucking move!
Unit 2,
send in the tanks
and surround the asylum.
Yes,
the one near the bridge!
To avoid further casualties,
put down your arms
and come out.
To avoid further casualties,
put down your arms
and come out.
Stay. There are
bandits upstairs.
Lucia, I'm going with you!
Go on up!
To avoid further casualties,
put down your arms
and come out.
No country treats
its people like this.
Listen, they're firing
on the bandits.
Is the train coming
through tonight?
The doctor promised.
Of course. If he promised...
Is this place free?
Look!
Attention!
Don't be afraid
of these soldiers.
They're kind.
They caught the bandits
on the roof.
One of them got away.
Did you see
anyone suspicious?
If you do,
let the guard out in the yard
know right away.
Understand?
We'll show you
one of the bandits.
He's a very bad man.
Is he one of the men
who took over the hospital,
smashed our windows
and stole our drugs?
Bring him in!
Well,
who knows this man?
He's hurt.
What?
What did you say?
He's hurt.
And so you haven't seen
someone suspicious around?
Right!
Petrov, hold on.
Take the prisoner to HQ!
We'll soon see.
The building's clean,
as they say.
Any problems, call HQ.
Who's that?
Who are you?
I'm sick, I need to be treated.
Do you all know him?
He's one of us, he's Ahmed.
Right! He's our Ahmed!
He's in our room.
Come and see me
after lunch.This film is based
on a true story.
In 1996,
during the first Chechen war,
the bordering region
of Ingushetia
was threatened with invasion
by Chechen detachments.
A psychiatric hospital was
located near this border.
The inmates lived their lives
unaware of the coming events.
Persona, Hachette Premiere
et Cie and Bac Films
present a Russian-French
co-production
with the support of
the Ministry of Culture
of Russia
Julia Vysotsky
Sultan Islamov
Stanislav Varkki
Elena Fomina
Marina Politseimako
Special guest:
Bryan Adams
and
Eugeni Mironov
A film by
Andrei Konchalovsky
HOUSE OF FOOLS
Casting:
Alexander Aronin
Make-up artist:
Nina Kolodkina
Costumes:
Svetlana Volter
Production designer:
Lubov Skorina
Editor:
Olga Grinshpun
Original score:
Edward Artemiev
Director of photography:
Sergei Kozlov
Executive producer:
Louri Grishin
Producers:
Felix Kleiman
Andrei Konchalovsky
Written and directed by:
Andrei Konchalovsky
What are you morons ogling at?
Who takes those trains
these days?
Nothing but cheap dealers.
Everyone's smuggling stuff
somewhere.
Russia's got the clothing fever.
And our Little Nell
is posing like some Greek statue
in the Pushkin Museum.
Ever heard of that museum,
you shitheads?
Cleaning detail, finish up.
The rest of you, get to bed.
You hear me?
Yes, sir!
So, you losers, seen enough?
Had your little fix?
Shame on you.
War and stupidity
will feed this generation.
A generation of junkies
and trash.
I spit in your faces.
"Thunder rumbles on the front
"My boots tramp on regardless
"Charge, onwards
to the enemy!"
Wipe that up, please.
Get lost, scumbag.
Wipe it up.
I spit on you all,
the runts and the tyrants,
links in the chain of strength
trampling my homeland!
Physical abuse is illegal.
That's a violation of the law
on psychiatric care
and the rights of the citizen
adopted in July 1992
by