“Atropia” is almost too real to be called a satire. The film centers on Atropia, a fake city built outside of Los Angeles, full of props and actors meant to prepare American soldiers for deployment in ...

Atropia is a fake city built in the Californian desert by the U.S. military to train soldiers for war in a fully simulated environment. During the height of the American invasion of Iraq ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The war satire “Atropia,” about actors in a military role-playing facility, won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition ...