War photographer Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is filming a female suicide bomber's preparations. The bombing goes wrong and she is severely hurt. Back home with her family, her husband Marcus (Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau) is struggling to hold it together. He demands that she stop endangering herself. She relents and goes on a safe job in Kenya with their daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny). When gunshots ring out, she can't resist.This is a quiet poignant performance from Binoche. The wars have taken a toll on her and it shows in her eyes. She has this haunted look that is so effective in this movie. I wish the movie pushed the drama more because the story needs a more definitive climax. At one point, Rebecca takes her two daughters in her car. I really wish she had driven off with the girls. It's an opportunity to elevate the drama if she could break down at that point and then later return the kids home. It would make the final decision even more poignant.

This is a truly European production with a genuinely global agenda. A Norway-Sweden- Ireland co-production, it was shot in Ireland, Afghanistan, Kenya and Morocco and both the director Erik Poppe and writer Harald Rosenløw Eeg are Norwegian (the story is inspired by Poppe's personal experiences as a war photographer). War photographer Rebecca (the French Juliette Binoche) is married to marine biologist Marcus (the Danish Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau) and they live in Ireland with their two daughters, but Rebecca is constantly drawn to conflict zones where she take incredible risks to obtain dramatic photographs. The film explores what such a situation does to the family left at home and what drives someone to risk all that is dear to them. The largely wordless opening sequence presages a slow work, but a compelling one, and as always Binoche gives a mesmerising performance.

I can not stress how much I love this film. There are so many beautiful moments, and so many beautiful shots. This film really went straight into my heart, and I felt every moment of it. Artistically it's shot very well, and I got nothing negative to say about the mise-en-scene. I believe it's a very important story to tell, and when I found out it was based on the directors life, I was even more impressed. Lauryn Canny was only 14 years old when the film were shot, and to get such a great performance from someone that young is admirable. It will go under my all time favourite films. Nicolaj is a great actor and it's nice to see him in a role like this, and as usual, Juliette's performance is strong, and you believe every tear that falls from her eyes. She is such a talented actress, and she was perfect for the role!

Beautiful acting, intense story and a roller-coaster of emotions. That kind of sums up what I felt about this movie after seeing it. Juliette Binoche portraits a passionate woman who is torn by the love for her work and the love for her family. Being a war-photographer, her safety is constantly at risk and her passion to show what is happening puts her in even more danger. Her husband cannot accept her neglect of the responsibility she has as a wife and a mother of two daughters. She chooses her family over her work and tries to deal with her choice. But it does tear her apart.Her husband obviously sees this as well, and suggest to her to take her adolescent daughter to a 'safe' part of Africa to shoot some pictures of a refugee camp and to bond with her. It also gives her daughter some first-hand experience for her school-project about Africa. But her passion takes over when the camp is overrun by a trigger-happy tribe and she smells the sweet scent of danger she loves so much.Juliette Binoche has created a beautiful multi-layered character. You may not agree with her choices but you do understand them. Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau does a great job as the frustrated husband who loves his wife so much, but can't live with the knowledge that one day she might not be coming home from work. The script is smartly written. The directions keep you on the edge of your seat because it never gets boring and you constantly feel there's something underneath needing to come to the surface at some time. Add some beautiful camera-work and this might as well be one of the best movies I've seen this year. It left me with a punch in my stomach and a lump in my throat. 10/10