A Thousand Times Good Night
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A Thousand Times Good Night

Directed by Erik Poppe

Info

Director: Erik Poppe
Section: Spotlight
Country: Norway
Year: 2013
OT: Tusen Ganger God Natt
Language: English
Version: Original version
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A Thousand Times Good Night

Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. On assignment photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, she gets too close and is badly wounded. Back home another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters can no longer bear the thought of her dying on the job. She is given an ultimatum. Her work or her family...

Director Erik Poppe covered war conflicts himself for many years as a photographer for Reuters and other media. With its crackling tension and compelling authenticity, A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT reflects the director's own experiences in this dangerous field. Juliette Binoche infuses the lead role with emotional ambivalence, self-doubt, inner conflict and the gnawing feeling of helplessness in the face of Rebecca's obsession with danger and her passion to help...
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Meet the director

Erik Poppe

Credits

Screenplay: Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Erik Poppe
Director of Photography: John Christian Rosenlund
Film Editor: Sofia Lindgren
Composer: Armand Amar
Production Designer: Eleanor Wood
Costume Design: Judith Williams
Sound: Hugo Ekornes
Producer: Finn Gjerdrum
Production Company: Paradox Rettigheter AS
Co-Producer: Stein B. Kvae, Jackie Larkin, Lesley McKimm
World Sales: Global Screen GmbH
Distributor: Telepool GmbH