Once In The Desert
Однажды в пустыне
WarDrama
The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. The peacekeeping event can only be held in Palmyra that has been severely damaged by the terrorists only if the ancient city and the roads leading to it are defused. The EOD team clears the way one kilometer at a time. But the closer they get to the center of Palmyra, the more destructive the explosives. Tension grows between the young team Captain and the most experienced of the EOD experts. And yet, despite their differences, when the team falls into an ambush and the Captain goes missing, it’s the experienced sapper that sets out to search for him.
🎬 DirectorAndrey Kravchuk
📅 Release2022-02-17
🌍 CountryRussia
🗣 LanguageRussian, Arabic
🏢 StudioRock Films, NTV, Cinema Foundation of Russia
🗳 Votes28
🔥 Popularity1
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🎭 Cast
Aleksandr Robak
Pavel Chinaryov
Aleksandr Metelkin
Ekaterina Nesterova
Igor Gordin
Polina Pushkaruk
Vitaliya Kornienko
Anna Potebnya
Oleg Vasilkov
Sergey Borodinov
Aleksey Komashko
Samvel Muzhikyan
Zakariya Al-Yazidi
Petr Kharchenko
Gleb Kozlyaev
🎥 Crew
Original Music Composer
Kuzma Bodrov
Editor
Alexandr Koshelev
Producer
Alexei Uchitel
Screenplay
Arif Aliev
Director
Andrey Kravchuk
Director of Photography
Morad Abdel-Fattakh
Costume Design
Tatyana Patrakhaltseva
Production Design
Aleksandr Zagoskin
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💬 Reviews
Once in the Desert, like so many Russian war films, takes a down to earth glimpse at the awfulness of war. This film does not glorify war, it does not glamorise it.Certainly, sacrifice is seen as heroic but in a very modest sense. In terms of storytelling, this is a solid film but it does feel a little loose in the middle. That said, it bring the threads together, in a way that makes sense …
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