Two Days, One Night

2014 95 min ★ 6.9 Drama

Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.

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Cast

Marion Cotillard

Sandra

Fabrizio Rongione

Manu

Catherine Salée

Juliette

Pili Groyne

Estelle

Baptiste Sornin

Mr. Dumont

Simon Caudry

Maxime

Lara Persain

Willy's wife

Alain Eloy

Willy

Myriem Akheddiou

Mireille

Fabienne Sciascia

Nadine

Details

Director

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Tagline

"A quest for self-improvement"

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$9,016,922

Production

Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 33>35, BiM Distribuzione, Eyeworks, France 2 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom

Reviews

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r96sk

July 7, 2020

★ 8/10

Definitely good, though only thanks to Marion Cotillard's excellent performance. The premise is intriguing and features some emotional scenes, there's one with Timur (Timur Magomedgadzhiev) that particularly hit me in the feels out of nowhere; it's not even the most gut-wrenching part of the film, yet it made me feel something the most. The camera work et al. isn't all that great, the dialog...

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CinemaSerf

January 30, 2025

★ 7/10

I really wasn't sure of the premiss at first here, but a strong effort from a Marion Cotillard-led cast of natural acting talent does actually bring it off well. We learn that there's been a sort of a referendum at her workplace where the boss has given them a choice. The staff can keep their €1,000 bonus or they can forgo that and "Sandra" gets to keep her job. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she's lost ...