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Atropia

The story of a real fake place.

5.7(18)20251h 43m1

When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.

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Released
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Language
English
  • california
  • nationalism
  • simulation
  • satire
  • pregnant woman
  • woman director
  • military training
  • satirical
  • roleplay
  • 2000s
  • aspiring actress
  • based on short film

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United States of America, France, Italy

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival25 Jan 2025
    • PremiereBend Film Festival 9 Oct 2025
    • PremiereThe Downtown Festival10 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical (limited)R12 Dec 2025
    • Digital / OTTR27 Feb 2026
    • Digital / OTTRMUBI17 Apr 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT4 May 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSXSW Sydney18 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical (limited)12 Dec 2025
    • PremiereBrunswick Underground Film Festival16 May 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)14A30 Jan 2026
    • Digital / OTT14AMUBI17 Apr 2026
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival 16 Oct 2025
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival2 Nov 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalNOAM Faenza Film Festival15 Nov 2025
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereTokyo International Film Festival30 Oct 2025
  • TaiwanTW

    • PremiereKaohsiung Film Festival20 Oct 2026

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Atropia was released on 15 November 2025.

Audience reviews

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    Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

    4/4/2025

    3/10

    There is way too much going on in Hailey Gates’s “Atropia,” from its desire to be a biting satire of the film industry, its take on the military-industrial complex, and the blurred lines between performance and reality. Despite an interesting premise, it stumbles under the weight of its own ambition, delivering a smug, exhausting experience that tries too hard to be clever without ever earning it. Aspiring actress…

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