At the psychiatric clinic Varden in Norway, the attendants are mad and the inmates are sane. At the clinic you can find life in all its different faces. The story follows 24-year-old Aina who wanted to escape from everything and end her life. She is a troubled young woman with a fiery rebellious streak but a shaky will to live.
One evening, Aina’s self-destructive impulses come to a head and she tries to commit suicide by throwing herself through a plate glass window. … mehrShe survives and finds herself committed to a mental hospital by her parents for treatment. Aina does not try to hide her anger and hatred towards the doctors and other patients whilst enduring group therapy sessions. Over time, however, Aina forms a strong bond with her therapist Dr. Freiner, a psychiatrist whose cynicism does not overpower his desire to help. She also finds herself drawn to Stetson, who is named after his hat and is a handsome therapist who works with horses. In the House of Fools Aina learns that sheer madness usually does make a lot of sense. Her lust for life is brought back through the closeness she develops to the insane people. weniger