A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)

September 19, 2013 (NO) • Drama • 111m

Overview

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.

Director

Erik Poppe

Writers

Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Erik Poppe

Top Billed

Juliette Binoche

Keywords

husband wife relationship war photographer photojournalism mother daughter relationship

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Top Billed Cast

Juliette Binoche

Rebecca

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Marcus

Lauryn Canny

Stephanie

Adrianna Cramer Curtis

Lisa

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Theresa

Larry Mullen Jr.

Tom

Mads Ousdal

Stig

Chloë Annett

Jessica

Bush Moukarzel

Brian

Eve Macklin

Brian's girlfriend

Des Nealon

Elderly man

Jonathan Byrne

Marine Biologist

Najat Azgar

Suicide bomber

Zoubida Akif

Ariana

Jameela Shafaq

Translator

Omar Elmouden

Driver

Catriona Nimhurchu

Teacher in Dublin

Peter Sexton

Stephanie’s Classmate

Anna Leah Thorseth Poppe

Stephanie’s Friend

Rory Nolan

Father 1

Peter Coonan

Father 2

Cathy Belton

Mother 1

Denise McCormack

Mother 2

Ciara Gallagher

Child 1

Ciara Phelan

Child 2

Youssef Marchouki

Young Moujahideen Man

Mohammed Soussi

Elderly Man

Ahmed El Aoud

Bombmaker

Hamid Botbaldin

Balloon Man (as Hamid Boutbaldine)

Crew

Erik Poppe

Director

Jan Trygve Røyneland

Co-Writer

Salaheddine Benchegra

Casting

Harald Rosenløw-Eeg

Writer

Kirsten Sheridan

Additional Writing

Ahmed Abounouom

Line Producer

Kaare Storemyr

Line Producer

Geir Henning Eikeland

Executive Producer

Peter Garde

Executive Producer

Hugo Ekornes

Sound Designer

Hugo Ekornes

Supervising Sound Editor

Maureen Hughes

Casting

Erik Poppe

Writer

Matteo De Pellegrini

Boom Operator

Stig Hjerkinn Haug

Executive Producer

Hugo Ekornes

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Roy Fenstad

Foley Artist

Eleanor Wood

Production Design

Armand Amar

Original Music Composer

Gunn Tove Grønsberg

Sound Effects Editor

Johan Harnesk

Special Effects Supervisor

Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen

Additional Music

Peter Hjorth

Visual Effects Supervisor

Baard H. Ingebretsen

Sound Effects Editor

Mervyn Moore

Sound Recordist

Emil Eriksson

Colorist

Elisabeth Monge

Foley Recordist

Hugo Ekornes

Music Editor

Madeleine Fant

Script Supervisor

Anette Ruud Andersen

Assistant Editor

Norman Nisbet

Colorist

Calin Catalin

Gaffer

Mariam Lee Abounouom

Production Manager

Driss Marzak

Gaffer

Steven Davenport

Production Manager

Daniel Kask

First Assistant Camera

Cathy O’ Connor

Costume Design

Martine Poppe

Art Direction

Jennifer Hegarty

Makeup Artist

Gergely Laszlo

Visual Effects Editor

Martina McCarthy

Costume Design

Judith Williams

Costume Design

Hugo Ekornes

Sound Editor

Johan Harnesk

Visual Effects

Sarah McLoughlin

Art Direction

Sofia Lindgren

Editor

Finn Gjerdrum

Producer

Stein B. Kvae

Producer

John Christian Rosenlund

Director of Photography

Joe Condren

Stunt Coordinator

Reviews

Reno

⭐ 9/10

September 11, 2014

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.

9/10

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A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)

Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Erik Poppe

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