Anderson's latest takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955 when a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is disrupted by world-changing events.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1307954/dont-like-asteroid-city-wes-anderson-says-watch-again/

At that point, in order to avoid either accepting a world-changing defeat or entering into direct war with Russia, all the U.S./Western voices who have been adamantly excluding the possibility of a ceasefire, included, will suddenly start calling for one.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/13/zombie-war-plan-b-for-ukraine/

I knew of the world-changing impact of nuclear weaponry, but I didn’t know the specific details in great depth behind the film’s setting – such as the arms race, the science and the moral conflict such people faced.

Source: https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/23684714.oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-helps-teach-history-lesson/?ref=rss

This science fiction romantic comedy-drama tells the story of world-changing events spectacularly disrupting a science convention in a small retro-futuristic American desert town circa 1955.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/lifestyle/leisure/2023-06-15-spotlight-the-flash-breaks-the-universe-family-fun-with-elemental-quirky-wes-anderson-offering/