dreaming of an acting career beyond Atropia. Meanwhile, a new cohort of soldiers arrive, comically underprepared to be stationed abroad, and Fayruz quickly begins a relationship with Abu Dice (Callum ...

Set in 2006, Atropia takes place at the titular U.S. military training ground in the California desert, where actors role-play as villagers in countries where the government plans to invade.

Train Dreams' Review: A Landmark Homage to the Unsung Workers of the American West Plays Out Across Forests and Joel Edgerton's Face The year is 2006 and this is Atropia, a fictional country in ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 14, 2017) -- For years, Army units have fought for and liberated the fictitious country of Atropia. Over and over, the U.S. and its allies within the Caucasus Region have ...

That these mock towns where actors recreated the countries to be invaded are real is ripe ground for satirizing, but “Atropia” remains far too caught up in the scenario to look at anything ...

“Atropia” was originally proposed as a documentary to study the mock villages that were built in the wake of 9/11. “The military was not so keen on the version of the doc that I wanted to ...

It's a hellish war zone, and it's entirely fake. This is Atropia, the fictional town named after a very real military training camp in the Nevada desert. It's the subject of Hailey Gates' new film ...

“Atropia” tells the story of Fayruz, an aspiring actress who is working on a U.S. military base, in a fake country called Atropia. “When she meets Abu Dice, an experienced soldier playing ...