Poppe crafts some powerful scenes that pose questions not easily answered.
A Thousand Times Good Night
She risked life and family to change the world.
2013 · 1h 51m
Drama
Directed by
Erik Poppe
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 and cast
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Top critics, in their words
This potent Norwegian drama by Erik Poppe, himself a veteran war photographer, opens with a gripping sequence.
The whole cast is good, but as always, all roads lead to Binoche, who is wonderful.
Poppe can't match the stunning opener of Binoche photographing a suicide bomber in Kabul with scenes of domesticity. But Binoche never falters. She's the film's fire and grieving heart.
What makes "1,000 Times Good Night" more than a dramatic essay on wartime journalism is Ms. Binoche's wrenchingly honest portrayal ...
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