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Matthew Heineman | United Kingdom, USA | 2018 | color | DCP | 110′ | English | n.s.
Marie Colvin (1956-2012) wasn’t particularly interested in ’embedded journalism’. The war correspondent for The Sunday Times did not remain obediently behind the lines, but penetrated to the flaming core of armed conflicts. She stood on battlefields in East Timor, Chechnya, Libya and Sierra Leone, among others. There, she revealed war crimes and personal suffering, and interviewed rebel leaders and dictators. She lost an eye in Sri Lanka during a grenade attack. In the end, a bombardment during the siege of the Syrian city of Homs cost her her life.
Colvin was driven by a primeval sense of being a reporter: seeking truth with a large dose of humanism. But her work also demanded sacrifice. She tried to soothe the traumatizing misery she faced every day with sex and alcohol. Real relationships never lasted very long. Rosamund Pike plays Marie Colvin as a woman who has been penetrated to her very core by war. An impressive role.
Place: The Cinemas 1
Date: 14 April 2019
Time: 21:15
Duration: 1:22
Year in
Festival
2019
Director
Matthew Heineman
Camera
Robert Richardson
Cast
Rosamund Pike
Jamie Dornan
Tom Hollander
Stanley Tucci
Country
United Kingdom
USA
Editor
Nick Fenton
Language
English
Length
110′
Music
H. Scott Salinas
Annie Lennox
Producer
Production Company
Kamala Films
Thunder Road Films
Savvy Media Holdings
Denver & Delilah Films
Production Design
Sophie Becher
Sales
Alex Walton
Scenario
Arash Amel
Year of Production
2018