A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT

EEN FILM VAN

ERIK POPPE

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A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT – ERIK POPPE

PROJECT SUMMARY

EEN PRODUCTIE VAN PARADOX RETTIGHETER AS IN SAMENWERKING MET ZENTROPA INTERNATIONAL SWEDEN, NEWGRANGE PICTURES FILM I VÄST LAND VAN HERKOMST NOORWEGEN, ZWEDEN, IERLAND TAAL ENGELS LENGTE 117 MINUTEN GENRE DRAMA FILMMAKER ERIK POPPE HOOFDROLLEN , NICOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU RELEASEDATUM 24 JULI 2014 FESTIVALS & AWARDS MONTRÉAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – SPECIAL GRAND PRIZE

KIJKWIJZER

SYNOPSIS Rebecca behoort tot 's werelds beste oorlogsfotografen. Haar echtgenoot eist echter dat ze stopt met haar gevaarlijke werk uit angst zijn vrouw en moeder van hun jonge dochters te verliezen. Rebecca staat voor een onmogelijke beslissing, want hoewel ze zielsveel van haar gezin houdt, kan ze zich ook geen leven zonder haar werk voorstellen.

CAST REBECCA JULIETTE BINOCHE MARCUS NIKOLAJ COSTER- WALDAU STEPHANIE LAURYN CANNY LISA ADRIANNA CRAMER CURTIS THERESA MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY TOM LARRY MULLEN JR. STIG MADS OUSDAL JESSICA CHLOE ANNETT

CREW DIRECTOR ERIK POPPE SCREENPLAY HARALD ROSENLØW-EEG PRODUCERS FINN GJERDRUM STEIN B. KVAE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN CHRISTIAN ROSENLUND EDITOR SOFIA LINDGREN MUSIC ARMAND AMAR SOUND DESIGN HUGO EKORNES PRODUCTION DESIGN ELEANOR WOOD COSTUME DESIGN JUDITH WILLIAMS CASTING MAUREEN HUGHES

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LONG SYNOPSIS

Rebecca is one of the world’s top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, she gets badly hurt. Back home another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters give her an ultima tum: her work or her family.

The hushed atmosphere. The ritual washing. The cautious fastening of the belt and vest on the woman’s body ... A religious ceremony? If only the belt and vest weren’t packed with explosives. We are in Kabul, accompanying a woman about to unleash death and destruction. The operation is being captured on film by an embedded photographer, Rebecca, one of the world’s foremost war-zone photo journalists. But this time Rebecca very nearly loses her life ...

Back home, her husband Marcus assures her that he loves her, but is unwilling to continue this life of fear and uncertainty. Especially since they have two daughters, Lisa (7) and Steph (13), who need their mother. Steph, in particular, is withdrawing into a private world that has no room for her mother.

Rebecca swears to Marcus that she will never go to a war zone again. Yet the conviction that her photos can make a difference keeps pulling at her resolve, making it difficult for her to live a normal life as mother and wife. Then comes an offer to photograph a refugee camp in Kenya, a place allegedly so safe thatdaughter Steph is allowed to join her mother ...

Director Erik Poppe (“Troubled Water”) covered war conflicts himself for many years as a photo grapher for Reuters and other media. With its crackling tension and compelling authen ticity, “A Thousand Times Good Night” reflects the director’s own experiences in this dangerous field. Next to Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”, “Mama”) as Marcus and the talented newcomer Lauryn Canny (“Amber”) as Steph, Oscar ® winner Juliette Binoche (“Chocolat”, “The English Patient”) infuses the lead role with emotional ambivalence, self-doubt, inner conflict and the gnawing feeling of help lessness in the face of Rebecca’s obsession with danger and her passion to help ...

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ABOUT ERIK POPPE

Erik is one of ’s most acclaimed and well-known directors. He is a pillar in the film industry in Norway; many directors and aspiring directors seek him out for advice and inspiration. Erik was granted financial support from the Norwegian Film Institute in the first call (2010) of the Production Slate Funding. He received sup- port for 2-3 films. Grenade is the first of these films.

Erik has previously directed 3 feature films. Schpaaa (1998) Hawaii, (2004) and Troubled Water (deUSYNLIGE) (2008). Ha- waii, Oslo was the Norwegian entry for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005 for the Academy Awards. Hawaii,Oslo still withholds the reign as the film in Norway that has received the majority of good reviews from the critics (the largest amount of the character 6, out of 6 on their scale). Troubled Water attended the Hamptons Interna- tional Film Festival in 2008 and consequently received the Audience Award, The Golden Starfish for Best Narrative Feature.

Erik Poppe has received the honors The Norwegian Film Critics Award in 2005 for Hawaii,Oslo, and in 2009 for Troubled Water.

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.

FILMS:

2008 TROUBLED WATER 2005 HAWAII.OSLO 1999 BUNCH OF FIVE

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JULIETTE BINOCHE

French International Star and Oscar(c) Winner (The English Patient), Juliette Binoche needs little introduction. She has been an awarded and productive actress since her debut in 1983, and gained huge recognition for her role as Tereza in ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’. She is also famous for her role as Julie Vignon in Kieslowskis ‘Blue’, ‘White’ and ‘Red’, and known all over the world for playing opposite Johnny Depp in ‘Chocolate’. Her filmography also includes:

2013 A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT 2013 CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 2012 À COEUR OUVERT 2007 DAN IN REAL LIFE 2007 DISENGAGEMENT 2005 CACHE

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NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor, and indeed a rising star. He received his education at Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen in 1993, and his breakthrough in Danish film came with the 1994 hit Nattevagten (Nightwatch). He played Detective John Amsterdam on the Fox television series New Amsterdam. He also appeared as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality. Since April 2011, he has starred as Ser Jaime Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones. His filmography includes:

2013 A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT 2011-2014 GAME OF THRONES 2013 OBLIVION 2013 MAMA 2011 HODEJEGERNE (HEADHUNTER) 2005 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

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LAURYN CANNY

Lauryn is currently attending secondary school in Templeogue, Dublin . She has trained with The Gaiety School of Acting, and has also completed intensive singing lessons where she has been vocally trained. She has attended Performing Art Schools from a young age where her studies focus primarily on Drama & Singing.

Lauryn has appeared in The Olympia Theatre playing one of the lead roles of ‘Izzy’ in a production of The Dreamcatcher. More recently she completed filming for Thaddeus O’Sullivans new RTE Drama Amber in which she plays the part of the eponymous character.

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MADS OUSDAL

Mads Ousdal is one of Norways most experienced and reckognised actors. He is a trained stage actor and works at the Nathional Theatre in Oslo, Norway. His debut lead film role in ‘Bryllupet’ (The Wedding), earned him the Best Actor Award in 2000. In ‘Through a Glass, Darkly’ (I et speil, i en gåte), Mads played Liv Ullmans son. His recent filmography includes:

2013 A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT 2012 90 MINUTTER 2012 VARG VEUM - KALDE HJERTER 2012 KVARTERET SKATAN RESER TILL LAHOLM 2011 ARME RIDDERE 2010 KOMMANDØR TREHOLT & NINJATROPPEN 2008 I ET SPEIL I EN GÅTE