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| Henry Cavill | ... | ||
| Nicholas Hoult | ... | ||
| Tommy Flanagan | ... | ||
| Logan Marshall-Green | ... | ||
| Glen Powell | ... | ||
| Sam Spruell | ... | ||
| Neil Brown Jr. | ... | ||
| Navid Negahban | ... | ||
| Beau Knapp | ... | ||
| Parker Sawyers | ... | ||
| Gonzalo Menendez | ... |
Haring
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| Ziad Abaza | ... |
Majid
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| Sammy Sheik | ... | ||
| Sope Dirisu | ... |
Sgt. Cole
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| Amira Ghazalla | ... |
Fatma
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A soldier enlists just before the 9/11. He is no brave man, volunteering do defend freedom. Arriving in Iraq in 2003, just after the occupation of Bagdad, with a few soldiers of his infantry platoon, he is sent to provide water to a village whose infrastructure was destroyed. Simple things however, such as water transportation, water distribution and the reconstruction of the plumbing became a challenge in war environment.
This film tells the story of a young soldier in Kuwait, who is reluctantly being sent to Iraq to help fix the water supply system in a village. However, their help is not welcomed by the village, and they are mey with multiple hostile attacks.
"Sand Castle" has a simple but effective plot, where the soldiers have to do everything in their power to fix the water supply that got broken in the war. A seemingly simple task becomes very complicated when the locals are actively resisting and even sabotaging the operation. It can be plainly seen that, what seems to be a good will mission from one side is interpreted as an unwelcomed act by the other side. I think this unwelcomed good will mission can be extrapolated to the whole war, and this particular mission is a microcosm of the whole Iraq war. It leaves soldiers wounded physically and psychologically, especially when soldiers think they are doing good.