A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT
SYNOPSIS:
Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of world's top war photojournalists, capturing dangerous and chilling images in the most dire landscapes, all in an effort to shed light on the real cost of modern war. But she's also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone.
After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband Marcus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) levels an ultimatum: give up the dangerous profession or lose the family she counts on being there when she returns from each assignment. Yet the conviction that her photos can make a difference keeps pulling at Rebecca's resolve, making it difficult for her to walk away entirely.
With an offer to photograph a refugee camp in Kenya, a place allegedly so safe that daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny) is allowed to join her, Rebecca comes face to face with just how much she risks each time she steps back into the fray.
This film was inspired by the director's own experiences as a war photographer in the 1980s.
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A film that certainly makes you think.
it was an emotional journey
Food for thought, clearly an emotional and intelectual journey, not a flat American action movie where every move can be anticipated
It was a film that left you thinking about how other people lived and endured life
good. movie. brings on discussion of direction of life
A film that left us talking
Compelling and thought provoking - an interesting and contemporary film, demonstrating the power of film and photograhy.
Thought provoking.