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6.9

Two Days, One Night

PG-13·2014·95m

Drama

Summary

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.

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

Anette Niro

Nanna

Rania Mellouli

Timur's daughter

Christelle Delbrouck

Barwoman

Timur Magomedgadzhiev

Timur

Hassaba Halabi

Hicham's wife

Soufiane Jilal

Maghrebian cashier

Hicham Slaoui

Hicham

Philippe Jeusette

Yvon

Yohan Zimmer

Jérôme

Safia Gollas

Jérôme's friend

Christelle Cornil

Anne

Marion Lory

Julien's wife

Angélique Michaux

Baker

Laurent Caron

Julien

Joachim Vincent

Ryan

Donovan Deroulez

Anne's husband

Tom Adjibi

Doctor

Elena Doratiotto

Nurse

Franck Laisné

Dominique

Maïdy Ankaye

Sister of Alphonse

Alao Kasongo

Mother of Alphonse

Serge Koto

Alphonse

Morgan Marinne

Charly

Gianni La Rocca

Robert

Ben Hamidou

Kader

Carl Jadot

Miguel

Olivier Gourmet

Jean-Marc

Sabine Raskin

Secretary Solwal

Carmela Nicosia

Mireille's neighbor

Dimitri Mouton

Chef Cook

Camelia Jawhari

Baby

Moli Limet

Baby

Henia Missoumi

Baby

Alia Perée

Baby

Zeyd Sen

Baby

Corentin Lahaye

Husband of Mireille (voice)

Alix Toussaint

Nadine's daughter (voice)

Damien Trapletti

Receptionist Solwal (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Luc Dardenne

Director, Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Reviews

r96sk

July 7, 2020

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 - it gets repetitive.

Cotillard, though, is top notch. She brings so much emotion and realness with her, nailing every single scene to deserve notable props. Away from the Parisian, there aren't any others to note; they are all fine but I would've loved a more meaty cast.

I'd be rating it a level lower if it wasn't for the lead, who is easily the best thing to come out of <em>'Two Days, One Night'</em>.