Once In The Desert (2022) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 17, 2022

Original Title:
Однажды в пустыне

Alternate Titles:
Odnazhdy v pustyne
Once in the Desert
Palmyra
Пальмира
フューリー・ロード
战回叙利亚
戰回敘利亞

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
NTV
Premier Studios
Rock Films

Production Countries:
Russia

Ratings / Certifications:
RU: 12+ 

Runtime: 121

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.

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Costume Design:
Tatyana Patrakhaltseva

Director:
Andrey Kravchuk

Director of Photography:
Morad Abdel-Fattakh

Editor:
Alexandr Koshelev

Original Music Composer:
Kuzma Bodrov

Producer:
Alexey Uchitel

Production Design:
Alexandr Zagoskin

Screenplay:
Arif Aliev

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