Two Days, One Night

Name: Two Days, One Night
Genre: Drama
Released: December 24, 2014
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 89
Cast: Alain Eloy, Batiste Sornin, Catherine Salée, Fabrizio Rongione, Lara Persain

2014

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Movie Details & Credits

Sundance Selects | Release Date: December 24, 2014

Starring: Alain Eloy, Batiste Sornin, Catherine Salée, Fabrizio Rongione, Lara Persain, Marion Cotillard, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry

Summary: Sandra (Marion Cotillard) has just returned to work after recovering from a serious bout with depression. Realizing that the company can operate with one fewer employee, management tells Sandra she is to be let go. After learning that her co-workers will vote to decide her fate on Monday morning, Sandra races against time over the course ofSandra (Marion Cotillard) has just returned to work after recovering from a serious bout with depression. Realizing that the company can operate with one fewer employee, management tells Sandra she is to be let go. After learning that her co-workers will vote to decide her fate on Monday morning, Sandra races against time over the course of the weekend, often with the help of her husband, to convince each of her fellow employees to sacrifice their much-needed bonuses so she can keep her job. With each encounter, Sandra is brought into a different world with unexpected results. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 95 min

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8	#8 Best Movie of 2014
37	#37 Most Shared Movie of 2014

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The Playlist - Jessica Kiang

May 25, 2014

perhaps the greatest achievement is in how brilliantly the film balances the trademark Dardennes social conscience with a conceit that plays out almost like a ticking-clock thriller, as well as being a deeply felt character study. Read full review

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The New York Times - A.O. Scott

Dec 23, 2014

Her shoulders slumped, her eyes weary, her gait heavy, Ms. Cotillard moves past naturalism into something impossible to doubt and hard to describe. Sandra is an ordinary person in mundane circumstances, but her story, plainly and deliberately told, is suspenseful, sobering and, in the original, fear-of-God sense of the word, tremendous. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Calvin Wilson

Feb 12, 2015

Cotillard gets so persuasively inside Sandra’s skin that it’s not at all surprising that this performance has earned her another Oscar nomination. And she does so without resorting to shameless, award-baiting grandstanding. Read full review

NPR - Bob Mondello

Jan 2, 2015

The awkwardness, the humiliation and the central unfairness of the position these folks have been put in is what filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne are exploring in Two Days, One Night — a slice of pressurized middle-class life they've made so real, it feels a bit like a documentary. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Josh Kupecki

Feb 4, 2015

The resulting film is an exceptionally crafted drama, anchored by the brothers’ mastery of their skills and Cotillard’s breathtaking performance. Read full review

Rolling Stone - Peter Travers

Dec 30, 2014

From the theme of global downsizing, the filmmakers wring humor, heartbreak, suspense and stirring social drama. Cotillard, a consummate actress, fits like a natural into the workaday world of the Dardennes (Rosetta, The Son, The Kid With a Bike). Read full review

New Orleans Times-Picayune - Mike Scott

Feb 20, 2015

Two Days, One Night offers a look into the lives of the everyday workers of the world -- the ones for whom a thousand-euro bonus (about $1,100 U.S.) can solve a heck of a lot of problems. Read full review

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tsinasky

Dec 24, 2014

That is cinema at its best. Down to earth but eventually uplifting, extraordinary perfomances than ignite one's feeling and ability for empathy. A real life thriller which doesn't underestimate the viewer, nor tries to patronize . Unforgettable experience

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carlosgz

Sep 14, 2015

What an amazing movie! What an amazing actress! I just felt immersed in the film; beginning to end. Watching Sandra being such a flawed and damaged worker fight for her job (and emotional health) was truly an experience to treasure. Watching Marion Cotillard delivering one of her best is aWhat an amazing movie! What an amazing actress! I just felt immersed in the film; beginning to end. Watching Sandra being such a flawed and damaged worker fight for her job (and emotional health) was truly an experience to treasure. Watching Marion Cotillard delivering one of her best is a highlight of cinema. Besides, this film has such an independent feel to it that just makes me fall in love more. So looking forward to the directors' next project.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Feb 25, 2016

If I had two days and one night to get back my job, I would be amazed knowing that this movie hit the fuse for great heartbreaking moments coming up and then soft them down with heartwarming moments.

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sanyrub

Jun 6, 2015

Realistic, restrained but powerful, a wide range of reactions and human behaviours showed, and a very natural performance by Marion Cotillard. You may worry at first about the topic because it is not easy. But it´s the opposite, you start immersing in the film more and more and rooting forRealistic, restrained but powerful, a wide range of reactions and human behaviours showed, and a very natural performance by Marion Cotillard. You may worry at first about the topic because it is not easy. But it´s the opposite, you start immersing in the film more and more and rooting for the characters and some others who appear on screen. Fantastic film with small budget. Nothing else needed.… Expand

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hanneguacamole

Jan 16, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A simple premise, Two Days, One Night brings together and emotionally trying task's mundane actions with depression and personal struggle. Marion Cotillard manages to make her illness live on the border of hurt and recovery. While each reaction to Sandra's desperate plea for help was similar, I was cheering for her from the sidelines.

The movie became somewhat monotonous after a while, hearing how many people Sandra had yet to talk to, really the politicking of it all. Two Days's redeeming quality was its humanness. As every human was unique, they had different reactions. Empathy, greed... It is a lot for a mentally ill woman to deal with, as we see.

It truly was a breath of fresh air to see a family, like Sandra in Manu's, that works and actually needs this income to survive. To be represented in film is gratifying, and the Dardennes were able to capture the essence of true necessity and desperation without completely losing hope.… Expand

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j1train

Feb 21, 2015

A small but fascinating moral tale. Marion Cotillard is stunning as always. The movies feels a bit too much like a moral dilemma exercise, but it's effective.

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moothemagiccow

Jun 25, 2016

This is one of the dullest movies I've ever watched. Even the premise is dull. There's no real exposition at any point, which does not help.
This woman goes around asking her coworkers to vote so she can keep her job. If they vote against her, they get pay bonuses. The coworkers say "yes"This is one of the dullest movies I've ever watched. Even the premise is dull. There's no real exposition at any point, which does not help.
This woman goes around asking her coworkers to vote so she can keep her job. If they vote against her, they get pay bonuses. The coworkers say "yes" or "no." Then at the end, they vote. That's it. That's the whole movie.… Expand

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