• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: War Romance, Black Comedy
• Themes: Mental Illness, Military Life
• Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
• Main Cast: Bryan Adams, Julia Vysotsky, Sultan Islamov, Stanislav Varkki, Vladas Bagdonas
• Release Year: 2002
• Country: RU/FR
• Run Time: 104 minutes

Plot

War brings together a disillusioned soldier and a sweet but delusional woman in this romantic comedy-drama from director Andrei Konchalovsky. A small Russian mental hospital near the border of Chechnya is home to a group of eccentric but harmless patients, among them Janna (Julia Vysotsky), a cheerful woman who likes to play accordion and is convinced pop singer Bryan Adams is her fiancé; over-excitable Vika (Marina Politseymako); and highly prolific would-be poet Ali (Stanislav Varkki). When fighting between Russians and Chechens flares up and bombing threatens the hospital, the doctor in charge (Vladas Bagdonas) goes out to find vehicles to evacuate his patients, briefly leaving them to their own devices. While the doctor is away, a group of Chechen soldiers happen upon the hospital, but they seemingly mean no harm to the patients, and one of them, Ahmed (Sultan Islamov), starts flirting with Janna. Janna quickly falls head over heels for Ahmed, and leaves behind her treasured Bryan Adams poster to be with him...though in her mind, Adams isn't about to give up her affections without a fight. As love grows between them, Ahmed finds himself wondering just who is supposed to be sane -- the lunatics at the hospital, or the soldiers fighting a pointless war. Bryan Adams appears as himself in Dom Durakov, and sings several songs, including his international hit "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Bryan Adams - Himself
• Julia Vysotsky - Janna
• Sultan Islamov - Ahmed
• Stanislav Varkki - Ali
• Vladas Bagdonas - Doctor

Yevgeny Mironov - Soldier; Elena Fomina - Lucy; Marina Politseymako - Vika

Credit

Andrei Konchalovsky - Director; Andrei Konchalovsky - Producer; Andrei Konchalovsky - Screenwriter; Sergei Kozlov - Cinematographer; Olga Grinshpun - Editor; Felix Kleiman - Producer; Edward Artemiev - Composer (Music Score); Lubov Skorina - Production Designer; Svetlana Volter - Costume Designer; Vladimir Orel - Sound/Sound Designer; Eugeny Terehovsky - Sound/Sound Designer

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