Saturday, 14 March 2015

Shirking responsibility

A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)

Directed by Erik Poppe this film stars Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Lauryn Canny. A war photographer gets injured in a suicide bombing she is at least partly morally responsible for and finds her family struggling to deal with her career.

There is a ton of really interesting and morally ambiguous stuff here which highlights some of the dilemmas facing war photographers. I am not sure the film ever completely gets to grips with the subject matter and at times the resolutions do feel a little too easy, it is not till right at the end that the protagonist has to in part face up to the realities of her actions. The film is excellently shot and as always Juliette Binoche gives an excellent performance.


4/5

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