‘Atropia’ Takes on the War on Terror
Key takeaways
- A veiled woman ambles through a dusty street, exchanging glances with men in keffiyehs as sinister music plays in the background.
- The soldiers scramble, chased by insurgents shouting “Allahu akbar” and “Death to America.” The woman wails to the sky, only to be interrupted by a director’s megaphone.
- This is Atropia, a new film that’s part rom-com and part war on terror satire, an interesting take on the disconnect between Americans and the not-so-long-ago wars fought in their name.
It’s 2006. A veiled woman ambles through a dusty street, exchanging glances with men in keffiyehs as sinister music plays in the background. In rolls a Humvee, and out pours a team of soldiers, rushing to assess the situation. Tensions rise, one soldier points a gun at the woman, and an explosion ripples through the block. Shock, fear, shaky cameras.
The soldiers scramble, chased by insurgents shouting “Allahu akbar” and “Death to America.” The woman wails to the sky, only to be interrupted by a director’s megaphone. The donkey bomb didn’t detonate, so they’ll have to run it back from the top.
It’s 2006. A veiled woman ambles through a dusty street, exchanging glances with men in keffiyehs as sinister music plays in the background. In rolls a Humvee, and out pours a team of soldiers, rushing to assess the situation. Tensions rise, one soldier points a gun at the woman, and an explosion ripples through the block. Shock, fear, shaky cameras.