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A Thousand Times Good Night

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A Thousand Times Good Night

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Summary

A photographer reporting from a war zone is injured during a suicide bombing. Her husband and children are unable to cope with the thought of her being killed, and demand she give up the career. However, the desire to return proves irresistible, and she takes her daughter to a refugee camp. Drama, starring Juliette Binoche and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. In Norwegian and English

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

When she's almost killed during an assignment in Kabul, photographer Juliette Binoche must confront the anguish she's causing her family in this globe-trotting English-language drama from Norwegian film-maker (and former photojournalist) Erik Poppe. Even by her own high standards, Binoche is utterly compelling here, ravaged by guilt back home in Ireland when she sees the anguish she's visiting on teenage daughter Lauryn Canny and marine biologist hubby Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, yet still driven to experience the adrenaline rush of taking pictures in the world's hottest spots. Cleverly, the film makes it clear that Binoche is also strongly motivated by bringing suffering and injustice to light, making the central conflict that bit sharper. True, director Poppe occasionally falls back on dramatic contrivance to move events forward, yet for the most part his story is vividly convincing in both domestic context and troubled foreign climes, tackling rich subject matter with no little emotional intelligence - all of it built around Binoche's fierce commitment and ever-beguiling screen presence.

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7.0/10

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Cast

rolenameRebeccaJuliette BinocheMarcusNikolaj Coster-WaldauStephanieLauryn CannyLisaAdrianna Cramer CurtisTheresaMaria Doyle KennedyTomLarry Mullen JrStigMads OusdalJessicaChloe AnnettBrianBush Moukarzel

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rolenameDirectorErik Poppe

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Theatrical distributor

Arrow Films

Released on

2014-05-02

Languages

English | Norwegian

Guidance

Violence.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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