Plot Summary:What is left after the dust settles? TOURISM: Dutch doc revisits cities devastated by disasters.
Three places destroyed by a major disaster: Amatrice in central Italy by an earthquake, Chernobyl in Ukraine by a nuclear catastrophe, and Aleppo by war. ONCE THE DUST SETTLES shows what happens when the dust has settled and the camera crews have left. A cinematic triptych about dealing with disaster and mental reconstruction by Dutch docu-master John Appel.