Sundance: Directed by "Challengers" actress Hailey Gates, "Atropia" gives the War on Terror it's own take on "The Truman Show ...

In writer-director Hailey Gates' directorial debut 'Atropia', she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, ...

Atropia': How Callum Turner & Alia Shawkat Found A Soul Connection In Hailey Gates' War Satire - Sundance Studio ...

Callum Turner desperately wants to be bleeped, and Alia Shawkat's mother feared she couldn't act. Hailey Gates' new film pops ...

Reality blurs with performance and even love is just another scripted role in the big Sundance winner of 2025, 'Atropia.' ...

The residents of ‘Atropia’ are all actors, paid to make that illusion as authentic as possible. None of them take it more ...

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An aspiring actress in an army role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier in Hailey Gates' feature debut, which also ...

Callum Turner, from left, Hailey Gates and Alia Shawkat attend the premiere of "Atropia" during the Sundance Film Festival on ...

Enter: Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), an Iraq-ish striver who ... by a white American war vet who’s itching to be redeployed (Callum Turner) — soon develops into a hyper-silly base romance worthy ...

Alia Shawkat stars as Fayruz ... an element of romantic-comedy as Fayruz sparks chemistry with Abu Dice (Callum Turner), a married veteran playing an insurgent. While their comedic chemistry ...

Enter: Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), an Iraq-ish striver who came to California ... a character played by a white American war vet who’s itching to be redeployed (Callum Turner) — soon develops into a ...