A Thousand Times Good Night

A Thousand Times Good Night
Directed by	Erik Poppe
Produced by	Finn Gjerdrum; Stein B Kvae
Written by	Harald Rosenløw Eeg
Starring	Juliette Binoche; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; Maria Doyle Kennedy; Larry Mullen Jr; Mads Ousdal
Music by	Armand Amar
Cinematography	John Christian Rosenlund
Edited by	Sofia Lindgren
Production; company	Paradox Production
Distributed by	Nordisk Film Distribution
Release date	August 31, 2013 (Montreal World Film Festival);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Ireland; Norway
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million[1]
Box office	$53,895 (US)[2]

A Thousand Times Good Night (Norwegian: Tusen ganger god natt) is an Irish-Norwegian produced English language 2013 drama film directed by Erik Poppe and starring Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Larry Mullen Jr. and Mads Ousdal.[3]

Plot

Rebecca (Binoche) is a photo journalist obsessed with reporting in dangerous war zones. She documents a group of female suicide bombers in Afghanistan. She accompanies one of the suicide bombers to Kabul, where the premature detonation of the bomb severely injures her. While recuperating at her home in Ireland, she is confronted by her husband Marcus (Coster-Waldau) and her daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny), who force her to choose between covering war zones, or her family. She chooses her family.[3]

Steph is intrigued by her mother's photographs and interested in humanitarian work in Africa, so Rebecca proposes a photography trip with her daughter to a refugee camp in Kenya. Marcus agrees, assuming that the trip will be safe. Instead, the camp is attacked by an armed group that begins murdering people in their tents. Rebecca sends her daughter to safety, but stays in the camp to document the attack.[3]

Production

Autobiographical elements in the film come from Poppe's work as a photo journalist in the 1980s, covering conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.[1] Most of the film was shot in Ireland and Morocco.[4] Funding was provided by the Irish Film Board[4] and Norsk Filminstitutt.[3]

The film was produced by Finn Gjerdrum and Stein Kvae, while John Christian Rosenlund was lead photographer. A number of war-zone still images by photographers Marcus Bleasdale and Astrid Sehl, play an important role in the film.

Critical reception

The Hollywood Reporter called the film an "affecting drama made more poignant by honest-feeling autobiographical elements" and praised Binoche's "complex performance" as "deserving particular attention."[5] Variety called the film a "gripping tale of a dedicated photojournalist torn between passionate involvement with her work and commitment to her worried family."[3] The magazine went on to say, "Deftly sidestepping both melodrama and family-values messaging, Poppe imbues the film with enormous emotional resonance, brilliantly grounded by his leading lady...."[3]

The Montreal Gazette criticized the film, writing that it was "hobbled by a rather scattershot script" that spouts "platitudes about journalistic duty and media complacency in the face of war," and that the film "engages in some very conventional family melodrama."[1]

Awards

The film won the Special Grand Prix of the jury at the 2013 Montreal World Film Festival.[6]

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References

Heinrich, Jeff (August 29, 2013). "Festival des films du monde: A Thousand Times Goodnight". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=1000times.htm
Scheib, Ronnie (September 16, 2013). "Montreal Film Review: 'A Thousand Times Goodnight'". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
"A Thousand Times Goodnight wins Special Grand Prix of the Jury at Montreal World Film Festival". About Irish Film / News. Irish Film Board. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
DeFore, John (September 30, 2013). "A Thousand Times Good Night: Montreal Review - Juliette Binoche plays a photographer who must choose between combat zones and family life". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
"Awards - 2013 Montreal World Film Festival". Montreal World Film Festival. September 2, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

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[TG-1] Heinrich, Jeff (August 29, 2013). "Festival des films du monde: A Thousand Times Goodnight". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[2] ttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=1000times.htm

[Variety-3] Scheib, Ronnie (September 16, 2013). "Montreal Film Review: 'A Thousand Times Goodnight'". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[IFB-4] "A Thousand Times Goodnight wins Special Grand Prix of the Jury at Montreal World Film Festival". About Irish Film / News. Irish Film Board. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[5] DeFore, John (September 30, 2013). "A Thousand Times Good Night: Montreal Review - Juliette Binoche plays a photographer who must choose between combat zones and family life". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[6] "Awards - 2013 Montreal World Film Festival". Montreal World Film Festival. September 2, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved October 30, 2013.