Red Wood Pigeon (1989): Am I the ONLY one scratching my head?

Okay, so I just finished Red Wood Pigeon. Found it in some dusty corner of a torrent site, and yeah, the quality was… questionable, like watching a VHS tape through a cheesecloth. But the movie itself? Guys, I'm so confused in the best way possible. Michele, the amnesiac Communist MP... is NO ONE noticing he's totally lost it? The water polo scenes especially – are they metaphors? Or just padding? I honestly can't tell! There's this one bit where he's staring blankly at a baguette as if it's an alien artifact and then almost drowns, and it's played completely straight! Is that supposed to be funny? I chuckled, but I feel really, really bad if I maybe shouldn't have. And the ending... with the pigeon... Red... Wood... I think I get it, but also... do I? Seriously, did anyone else see this fever dream? What did you make of it? Was the director deliberately trying to screw with our heads or were they just... winging it (pardon the pun, couldn't resist). I'm genuinely curious if I'm missing some crucial context here. It felt like I ate too much cheese before bed, but in a way that made me want to watch it again to see if things clicked. Also, anyone know who even directed this thing? IMDb is suspiciously blank on that front, which only adds to the mystery. Maybe it's some lost Soviet propaganda film that got smuggled out? Ugh, I love these weird, obscure finds, even when they leave me more baffled than before I started.