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

Showings

Bijou by the Bay Wed, Jul 29, 2015 12:00 PM
City Opera House Sun, Aug 2, 2015 12:00 PM
Film Info
Section:Foreign
Release Year:2014
Runtime:95 min.
Rating:PG-13
Production Country:Belgium
France
Italy
Original Language:French
Subtitles:English
Web Site:http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/two-days-one-night
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Marion Cotillard
Fabrizio Rongione
Timur Magomedgadzhiev
Catherine Salée
Olivier Gourmet
Director:Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Produced by:Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Denis Freyd
Screenwriter:Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne
Cinematography:Alain Marcoen
Editing By:Marie-Hélène Dozo

Description

What would you do if you knew that earning your next bonus at work would cost one of your coworkers their job? Marion Cotillard stars in this masterful social-realist drama from acclaimed duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (“The Kid with a Bike,” TCFF 2012), set in the working class streets of Belgium. A mother of two, Sandra (Cottilard) receives news that her company has voted to downsize her, and she only has the weekend to convince her 16 coworkers at the solar power plant to vote for keeping her job instead of the extra pay they’ll receive if she’s cut. With an uncanny ability to turn human dramas into edge-of-your-seat thrillers, the Dardenne brothers once again deliver one of the best films of the festival—at once devastating and full of humanity.