Once In The Desert (2022)

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.

Released Feb. 17, 2022 121 min 13+

Genres: Drama, War

Keywords: imdb.terror, imdb.military, imdb.russian-military, imdb.russian-involvement-in-the-syrian-civil-war, imdb.syrian-civil-war, imdb.glorification, imdb.reference-to-isis + 2 more, imdb.2010s, aspectratio.2-35-1

Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Fawesome

Production Companies: Rock Films, Cinema Fund, Ministry of Defence, TNT Premier Studios, NTV

Country: Russia
Production Country: Russia
Languages: Russian, Arabic