Drama

A Thousand Times Good Night

- She risked life and family to change the world.

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.

Release Date : 2013-09-19

Language :EnglishIrishNorwegianSwedish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paradox SpillefilmNewgrange PicturesZentropa International Sweden

Production Country : NorwayIrelandSweden

Alternative Titles : A Thousand Times Good Night1,000 Times Good NightThousand Times Goodnight

Cast

Character Name : Rebecca

Original Name : Juliette Binoche

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marcus

Original Name : Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephanie

Original Name : Lauryn Canny

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Adrianna Cramer Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Theresa

Original Name : Maria Doyle Kennedy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Larry Mullen Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stig

Original Name : Mads Ousdal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jessica

Original Name : Chloë Annett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brian

Original Name : Bush Moukarzel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brian's girlfriend

Original Name : Eve Macklin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elderly man

Original Name : Des Nealon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine Biologist

Original Name : Jonathan Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suicide bomber

Original Name : Najat Azgar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ariana

Original Name : Zoubida Akif

Gender : Female

Character Name : Translator

Original Name : Jameela Shafaq

Gender : Female

Character Name : Driver

Original Name : Omar Elmouden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teacher in Dublin

Original Name : Catriona Nimhurchu

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stephanie’s Classmate

Original Name : Peter Sexton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephanie’s Friend

Original Name : Anna Leah Thorseth Poppe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father 1

Original Name : Rory Nolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father 2

Original Name : Peter Coonan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother 1

Original Name : Cathy Belton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mother 2

Original Name : Denise McCormack

Gender : Female

Character Name : Child 1

Original Name : Ciara Gallagher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Child 2

Original Name : Ciara Phelan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Moujahideen Man

Original Name : Youssef Marchouki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elderly Man

Original Name : Mohammed Soussi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bombmaker

Original Name : Ahmed El Aoud

Gender : Male

Reviews

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

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