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Once the Dust Settles

Als het stof is neergedaald
John Appel
Netherlands
2019
85 min
World Premiere
Festival history

Amatrice (central Italy), Chernobyl and Aleppo: three places where the residents felt safe until disaster or war brought death and destruction. The film starts when these places are no longer in the news, when the dust has settled and tourists have come to take a look.

Once the Dust Settles centers on stories of people who survived the disaster or war and are now trying to rebuild their lives. Like the woman in Aleppo who was a tour guide before the war, and told visitors about Syria’s rich history and archeology. She’s working as a guide again, but she now gives sightseers tours of the devastation of war.

There’s also the man who used to work at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and survived a huge dose of radiation after the explosion. He guides tourists around the place that has become an increasingly popular attraction. Here, like in Amatrice and Aleppo, the time before disaster struck is gradually fading into oblivion.

Credits
Director
Production
    Carmen Cobos,
    Kees Rijninks for Cobos Films BV
Involved TV Channel
    VPRO
    VPRO
Distribution for the Netherlands
    Cinema Delicatessen
    Cinema Delicatessen
Screening copy
    Cinema Delicatessen
    Cinema Delicatessen

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