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Title : Two Days, One Night
Category: Movies

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Rating : 3.9
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Review :
The feel again…
There is a saying that ‘it’s not the story you tell but how you tell it’, and for me, ‘Two Days, One Night’ is a perfect proof of that. There is an extreme simplicity about this story, some could even say that the simplicity is almost skeletal, but the way that the Dardenne brothers have told it (and, really, how Marion Cotillard has told it) is so earnest, so honest and so rich that this simple tale becomes much more; so much more. It’s odd to say that a film that is practically a repetition of scenes with different faces can be so enthralling, but at a brisk 95 minutes, ‘Two Days, One Night’ packs in SO MUCH character development in those repetitions scenes that it remains one of the most effecting films I’ve seen in all of 2014.

The story told centers around Sandra. Sandra has recently suffered from a bout of depression that left her unable to function in life. She took a leave from work, and it’s apparent...
Seven Samurai for Labor Unions
As others have pointed out, this movie is very compelling. Marion Coitllard is tremendous in portraying the worker who has to reverse her employer's decision to not re-hire her after she is off work on sick leave. The vote, however, was tainted by the foreman, who set up a "us. vs. her" situation: if she is re-hired, the workers won't be getting their bonuses .. and who doesn't want bonuses?

Over the course of the weekend (two days, one night) Sandra, with the constant help of her husband, musters up the courage to try to contact all 8 (or so) employees to get them to change their minds. There are ups and downs, humiliation, and exhaustion, but she soldiers on. There is a built-in narrative tension as Sandra works through the list and we see how close it's going to be. Of course, the list dwindles, so there are diminishing possibilities as the movie nears the end. At one point, in the viewing I saw, audience members cheered and clapped fitfully for a late...
A very naturalistic, personal film
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT stars Marion Cotillard and is directed by the Dardenne Brothers (and is the first by them that I've seen). It is about a woman (Marion Cotillard) who faces being laid off after being sick so that her co-workers can get a bonus. Since she wants to keep her job (and avoid going on the dole), she goes to each of her co-workers to convince them to vote for her to stay. Despite an extremely simple plot that gets a little repetitive, this film was surprisingly engaging on an emotional level, even if it didn't seem that cinematic at times. It's hard not to sympathize with the character Cotillard plays simply because her situation is so dire. Amidst economic uncertainty, the prospect of losing one's job is difficult, even in a semi-socialist society like France's. I thought the film also illustrated how solidarity can be used to positive effect. When faced with a hard decision, do you go with the selfish option or do you stand in defense of your peers? The answer to this...