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Rescue Under Fire
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Wikipedia article
'Rescue Under Fire' is a 2017 Spanish war film directed by Adolfo Martnez set in Afghanistan. It stars Ariadna Gil, Ral Mrida, Roberto lamo and Antonio Garrido.
Plot
The plot dramatises a real August 2012 incident in Afghanistan north of Bala Murghab involving the rescue of a Spanish Army's wrecked Super Puma helicopter from the Taliban insurgency.
Cast
Production
'Rescue Under Fire' was produced by Tornasol Films, Castafiore Films, Hernndez y Fernndez and Rescate AIE, and it had the participation of RTVE and Movistar+, support from the Spanish Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces, collaboration of ICAA and funding from ICO. It had a 5 million budget. It was shot in locations of the province of Almera (including the Tabernas Desert and the "lvarez de Sotomayor" Military Base in Viator), the Madrid region (Colmenar Viejo) as well as in Tenerife (primarily indoor footage).
Release
Distributed by eOne Films, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 10 March 2017.
Reception
Andrea G. Bermejo of 'Cinemana' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering the (military) film to be an oddity in a Spanish cinema currently ranging from the thriller to the comedy, also writing that the film manages to achieve "an accurate portrait of the military world that some will surely label as propagandistic and recruiting".
Marta Medina of 'El Confidencial' assessed that Martnez "manages to choreograph and plan credible and exciting battles of a scale rarely seen in a Spanish production".
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' scored a 78 out of 100 points rating ("good"), praising the production design, the frenetic pace and the soundness of the characters.
Accolades
in Madrid (January 2018)
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| align = "center" rowspan = "4" | 2018 || rowspan = "2" | 73rd CEC Medals || Best New Director || Adolfo Martnez || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best Music || Roque Baos ||
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| rowspan = "2" | 32nd Goya Awards || Best Original Song || "Rap Zona Hostil" by Fenyxxx and Roque Baos || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best Special Effects || Reyes Abades, Curro Muoz ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2017
References
Category:Tornasol Films films
Category:2017 war drama films
Category:War in Afghanistan (20012021) films
Category:Films shot in the Community of Madrid
Category:Films shot in the province of Almera
Category:Films shot in the Canary Islands
Category:Spanish war drama films
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:2010s Spanish films
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