United States / Jan 25, 2025 / Sundance Film Festival
The story of a real fake place.
1h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Shaholly Ayers | Maria |
| Tim Blake Nelson | Mr. Speaker (voice) |
| Allius Barnes | Private Plant |
| Dash Melrose | Private Freeburn |
| Gilberto Ortiz | Private iPod |
| Blessing Oluwole | Private Duque |
| Charlet Duboc | Female Narrator |
| Jamie McShane | Segall |
| Jane Levy | Nancy |
| Priscilla Garita | Gloria |
| Tim Heidecker | Hayden |
| Chloë Sevigny | Pina |
| Sal Lopez | Jerry Jiminez |
| Blake Leeper | George |
| Annika Nadine Hutsler | Stacy 'Stuart' |
| Channing Tatum | The Actor |
| Phil Burgers | Lackey |
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| Tony Shawkat | Abu Saif |
| Isaac Soloway-Strozier | Lance |
| Mousa Kraish | Ray |
| Richard Blackmon | Rudy |
| Fadi Al Saegh | Khaled |
| Naima Jabur | Bebe |
| Chloe East | Medic Grimes |
| Clifford Burton Goldstein | Dice |
| Lola Kirke | Candy |
| Angelina Vitto | Mess Hall Person |
| Chris Becerra | Private Antrim (uncredited) |
| Sean Choi | Private Kim (uncredited) |
Genres
ComedyDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Atropia |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America, France, Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Ways & Means, Frenesy Film, Paradise City, Big Creek Projects, Mary of Exeter Pictures, Mercy Buckets |
| Release date | 15 novembre 2025 |
| Executive producer | Hailey Benton Gates, Alia Shawkat, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, Mike Spreter, KC Wallace |
| Production | Luca Guadagnino, Naima Abed, Emilie Georges, Lana Kim, Jett Steiger, Adam Wyatt Tate, Ben Kahn, Heidi Bivens, Thomas Grabinski, Callum Turner |
| Writer | Hailey Benton Gates |
| Casting | Mark Bennett |
| Editing | Madeleine Gavin, Sophie Corra |
| Cinematography | Eric K. Yue, Jose Espinoza, Gunther Campine, Jake Magee |
| Assistant directors | Jennifer Confaloni, Vinny Castellini, Hailey Benton Gates |
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Release dates
Premiere
Brazil / Oct 16, 2025 / São Paulo International Film Festival
Australia / Oct 18, 2025 / SXSW Sydney
Japan / Oct 30, 2025 / Tokyo International Film Festival
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Greece / Nov 02, 2025 / Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Limited release
Australia / Dec 12, 2025
United States / Dec 12, 2025 / R
Canada / Jan 30, 2026 / 14A
Theatrical release
Italy / Nov 15, 2025 / NOAM Faenza Film Festival
Digital
United States / Feb 27, 2026 / R
Canada / Apr 17, 2026 / 14A / MUBI
United Kingdom / May 04, 2026
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