#771: DARDENNE, Jean-Pierre and Luc: Two Days, One Night (2014)
DARDENNE, Jean-Pierre and Luc (Belgium)
Two Days, One Night [2014]
Spine #771
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard received another nomination for her searing, deeply felt performance as a working-class woman desperate to hold on to her factory job. In this gripping film from master Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Cotillard is Sandra, a wife and mother who suffers from depression and discovers that, while she was home on sick leave, a majority of her coworkers voted in favor of her being laid off over giving up their annual bonuses. She then spends a Saturday and Sunday visiting them each in turn, to try to convince them to change their minds. From this simple premise, the Dardennes create a powerfully humane drama about the importance of community in an increasingly impersonal world.
95 minutes
Color
Color
5.1 Surround
in French
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2015
Director/Writers
Jean-Pierre Dardenne was 63 and Luc Dardenne was 60 when they wrote and directed Two Days, One Night.
Other Dardenne films in the Collection:
#620: La Promesse (1996)
#621: Rosetta (1999)
#646: The Kid With A Bike (2011)
The Film
Other Dardenne films in the Collection:
#620: La Promesse (1996)
#621: Rosetta (1999)
#646: The Kid With A Bike (2011)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Ten-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Girish Shambu.
Commentary
None.
Interviews
With the Dardennes and actors Cotillard and Rongione.
When Léon M.’s Boot Went Down the Meuse for the First Time (1979)
A forty-minute documentary by the Dardennes, featuring an introduction by the directors.
Tour
Of the film’s key locations with the directors.
To Be an I
A video essay by critic Kent Jones.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Ten-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Girish Shambu.
Commentary
None.
Interviews
With the Dardennes and actors Cotillard and Rongione.
When Léon M.’s Boot Went Down the Meuse for the First Time (1979)
A forty-minute documentary by the Dardennes, featuring an introduction by the directors.
Tour
Of the film’s key locations with the directors.
To Be an I
A video essay by critic Kent Jones.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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