Two Days, One Night
The always alluring Marion
Cotillard graces the screen as Sandra, a blue-collar worker who has just
been informed that her co-workers passed a vote to lay her off in exchange for
a 1,000 euro bonus. Sandra, whose recent fight with depression has left her one
Xanax pill away from falling off the edge of sanity, must visit each of her 16
co-workers in order to convince them to change their minds before the re-vote
on the following Monday. Cotillard nails the role as the timid Sandra as she never
feels quite like the big star she is. Her presence never overshadows the lesser
known actors on screen. The minimalistic approach to filmmaking by the Dardenne
brothers also lends to the genuineness of Sandra’s plight. Without any music to
distract us from the narrative, we are like flies on a wall as we feel and
share in the struggle of the working class citizen in this subtle but moving
new film.
-Cameron Johnson-
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