Title: Two days, one
night
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Original title: Deux jours, une
nuit
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Directors: Jean-Pierre and
Luc Dardenne
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| Year: 2014 |
Country: Belgium
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Language: French
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★ ★ ★ ★ ✬
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After a
nervous breakdown, Sandra, played by Marion Cotillard, wants to get back to
work, but then she discovers that her boss has talked to her workmates so they choose among her
reincorporation or a 1000-Euros bonus.
Each workmate
has a different situation: some of them have bills and a mortgage to pay, other
ones think they have earned the bonuses and they don’t have to give them
up. But Sandra also needs that work: that money is necessary in her family and
they cannot afford to lose it; so she is determined to talk to every one of them to make
them change their minds.
The film covers a very present topic: nowadays, after and eternal economic crisis, many
enterprises are shutting down and some others are firing people to save money.
This movie presents a delicate situation, the only truth is that everyone needs the
money, but there is not right or wrong, just crossed interests. The film gets
to show the different parts involved without judging any of them: while you are
watching the film you want Sandra to get back her job, but you also understand
the story of each character she talks to: even when she gets them to change
their minds, it is not easy to quit that amount of money.
