A Private War

106min • R

Showings

Lark Theater Fri, Dec 21, 2018 10:00 AM
Lark Theater Mon, Dec 24, 2018 2:15 PM
Lark Theater Wed, Dec 26, 2018 8:50 PM
Lark Theater Sun, Dec 30, 2018 8:50 PM
Lark Theater Thu, Jan 3, 2019 10:30 AM
Film Info
Event Type:Movie
Release Year:2018
Rating:R
Genre:Drama
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Matthew Heineman
Cast:Rosamund Pike. Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander

Description


In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while constantly testing the limits between bravery and bravado. After being hit by a grenade in Sri Lanka, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable sipping martinis with London's elite as she is confronting dictators. Colvin sacrifices loving relationships, and over time, her personal life starts to unravel as the trauma she's witnessed takes its toll. Yet, her mission to show the true cost of war leads her -- along with renowned war photographer Paul Conroy (Jamie Dornan) -- to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives in the besieged Syrian city of Homs. Based on the extraordinary life of Marie Colvin, A PRIVATE WAR is brought to the screen by Academy Award nominee and critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman in his pulse-pounding narrative feature debut.


"It's a powerful but clear-eyed acknowledgment of the importance of journalism."
-Globe And Mail


"A deeply distressing, authentically moving psychological study of unswerving obsession."
-New York Times



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