2014 | Belgium | Fiction

Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night)

  • French 95 mins
  • Director | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
  • Writer | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
  • Producer | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd

STATUS: Released

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Oscar winner Marion Cotillard received another nomination for her searing, deeply felt performance as a working-class woman desperate to hold on to her factory job, in this gripping film from master Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Cotillard is Sandra, a wife and mother who suffers from depression and discovers that, while she was home on sick leave, a majority of her coworkers voted in favor of her being laid off over giving up their annual bonuses. She then spends a Saturday and Sunday visiting them each in turn, to try to convince them to change their minds. From this simple premise, the Dardennes create a powerfully humane drama about the importance of community in an increasingly impersonal world.

Solidarity Resilience Workplace Morality Empathy
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The Criterion Collection
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