Two Days, One Night (2014)

PG-1305/21/2014Drama1h 35m
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A quest for self-improvement

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Marion Cotillard

    Sandra

  2. Cast 1

    Fabrizio Rongione

    Manu

  3. Cast 1

    Catherine Salée

    Juliette

  4. Cast 1

    Pili Groyne

    Estelle

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    Baptiste Sornin

    Mr. Dumont

  6. Cast 1

    Simon Caudry

    Maxime

  7. Cast 1

    Lara Persain

    Willy's wife

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    Alain Eloy

    Willy

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    Myriem Akheddiou

    Mireille

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 dialogue is especially underwhelming. Perhaps I was noticing it more due to viewing with subtitles, but there's a lot of moments where we see Sandra (Cotillard) retrace the same steps with each individual -...