Title: Rescue Under Fire
Original Title: Zona hostil
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: Spain
- Length: 90 Minutes (1 hour 30 min)
- Genre: War Action Drama
- Studios: Tornasol Films
- Distributor: eOne Films Spain
Plot
Inspired by a true story happened to the Spanish Army. An American mine equipment, escorted by a convoy of Spanish Legion, inspects a road in northern Afghanistan when one of their vehicles off a mine. The blast left two seriously injured as a result. Captain Varela (Ariadna Gil) is the medical officer MEDEVAC (medical helicopter of the Spanish Army) who comes to rescue the injured. But landing the cedes ground and dumped leaving the crew and the legionnaires caught in a plain surrounded by mountains. With the night comes the enemy and now the mission of the Captain Varela and his colleagues, it is to stay alive until dawn... Filming has a large deployment of military means: Chinook helicopters, attack helicopters Tiger and Super Puma and military vehicles of various types (troop transport vehicles intended, armored...).
Awards
- 2018 Goya Awards: 2 0
Cast
Director:
Captain Varela
Teniente Conte
Comandante Ledesma
Cabo Sánchez
Cabo 1º Carranza
Alférez Abda
Brigada Alvite
Photos
Trivia
Commissioned Roque Baños
Roque Baños, composer of the soundtrack, was a non-commissioned officer for eleven years.
The legion
The words recited by the Spanish soldiers before the last attack are part of the "Décimo Espíritu del Credo Legionario" (The tenth spirit of the Spanish Legion Creed).
Helicopter
The AS332 "Superpuma" helicopter used for the film is the same bird that actually crashed in Afghanistan.
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