Rescue Under Fire

2017
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Title: Rescue Under Fire

Original Title: Zona hostil

Year: 2017

Info

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

Ariadna Gil

Ariadna Gil

Captain Varela

Raúl Mérida

Raúl Mérida

Teniente Conte

Antonio Garrido

Antonio Garrido

Comandante Ledesma

Ismael Martínez

Ismael Martínez

Cabo 1º Carranza

Nasser Saleh

Nasser Saleh

Alférez Abda

Ruth Gabriel

Ruth Gabriel

Brigada Alvite

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Trivia

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).

Commissioned Roque Baños

Roque Baños, composer of the soundtrack, was a non-commissioned officer for eleven years.

Helicopter

The AS332 "Superpuma" helicopter used for the film is the same bird that actually crashed in Afghanistan.

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