A Thousand Times Good Night

2014 "She risked life and family to change the world."
7| 1h51m| NR| en
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On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home, another bomb drops as her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family.

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Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen
Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
secondtake 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)Wow, a powerful, amazing movie. It's about the ravages of photojournalism—the toll it takes on the photographer and her or his family. And I think it's rather real. I'm a photographer and professor of photography, and it felt pretty close to how it works— simplified a bit, but the feeling was accurate.And Juliette Binoche is riveting. She makes the ups and downs, and the commitment to her profession, absolutely right on. Outsiders will find it hard to believe that a person can be so devoted to his or her career their children have to compromise (or worse), but that's just the normal truth of it. It's not a cushioned, safe world. And Binoche makes clear in her actions that she does it out of a real devotion to truth, and letting the world know. Admirable stuff.Those are the big themes, and the movie fills it in with both personal angles (with the father of the children and the kids themselves) and the professional one (making decisions, doing her work). It also shows nicely the huge dichotomy between the world she works in and the one she lives in. This alone is worth seeing, because most of us will identify with the safety of an ordinary home, and the devastations she photographs are so opposite.Yes, see this. It's imperfect in ways that are for film students to get into--what one reviewer sums up as the pompousness. But the overall is great stuff.
wbk-600-115599 In 1,000 Times Goodnight, Juliet Binoche continues her long list of accomplishments as a serious actor playing a serious role, this time as a war photographer in serious times. The story, about a photographer's compulsion to be a witness to the most dangerous human situations and the reverberations this has in her life, was written and directed by Erik Poppe. A Norwegian photographer of similar biography, he had the imagination to switch the male and female roles. The unsettling images are even more unsettled in us because our expectation that this is what men do, court danger as a measure of manhood, is upended. Rebecca (Binoche) goes out, laden with cameras, to Afghanistan to tell the story of female suicide bombers. Marcus (Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau) stays at home, a marine biologist in Ireland, and at-home parent to two daughters, about 9 and 15.Full Review at: http://www.allinoneboat.org/2015/04/14/1000-times- goodnight-a-film-about-temptation-of-death/
MattyGibbs A thousand times good night is a slow burning drama about a war zone photographer who is torn between her family and her job which is her passion. Although this is fairly slow moving at times I found it to be totally absorbing. This is in no small way due to a wonderful performance from Juliette Binoche as the mom. Her character is at times selfish but she also manages to evoke some sympathy as she fights to try and keep both her family happy and also continue doing a job that is integral to her mental well being. I like the fact that rather than take the rather simple and obvious stance that motherhood must always come first it instead makes the viewer ask some thought provoking questions. Although Binoche carries the film there is a good supporting performance from Lauryn Canny as her daughter. For me the downside to the film was the lack of chemistry between Binoche and Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau who plays her husband. i did struggle to believe that they could be a couple let alone stay together for such a long period. I found this a hugely satisfying film and it is highly recommended for those that like intelligent drama. A must see.
Reno Rangan Frankly, I never knew what the movie is about. What I expected was a beautiful romantic drama and I got a movie that defined someone's struggle over her passion and its reality. After seeing opening scene I thought it would be another movie about war similar to the '5 Days of War'. I am glad it was so distinct which was partially based on the director own experiential story when he served as a photojournalist in the '80s. It is a jointly produced movie by Ireland and Norway in English language.Rebecca is a passionate war zone photojournalist and her daring attitude make her one of the finest on the field. Like always her latest journey takes place in the war torn city of Kabul, Afghanistan. She follows a suicide bomber to cover up the story where she gets injured. After the accident the whole story flips back to her home in Ireland where it chronicles the worried husband and the two children who are very affectionate of her. This is the time where she has to choose the side, the professional? Or the family? The stay at home during recovery makes her realize the worth of her life. So the movie's end strikes with the path she opts to travel forth.''Sometimes it's hard to stay at home. I mean, the one who stays at home has the hardest job.''Well, it served a message with the touch of melodrama. The story demonstrated family value on the right amount of each others love and care. The opening and the end scenes that take place in Afghanistan was so brutal and there's another one that takes place in Kenya. But bringing the reality on the screen as it happening some places of the world must be appreciated. It kind of makes you realize that someone is sacrificing their life to bring light on what's happening in the war zones. Like always, Juliette Binoche was good. It was her movie, her side of the story told when she was caught between the family who loves and the war that calls her.One of the fascinating thematic movie. Regarding the main role, you may think why she's not stopping the tragedy from happening. That's the journalism, when you have no power to act, just expose to the rest of the world. The combination of family drama and the conflict zone are like two different genres that brought together awesomely. The director's own experience helped to shape the movie well. Almost all the combat related scenes were so realistic as what he had seen is now letting us know through this film. I think this movie is a must see. The end scene makes us go speechless, woefully.