Two Days, One Night - A very simple film, Sandra (Marion Cotillard) is losing her job as her colleagues have opted to take a bonus instead. The film follows Sandra over one weekend as she goes to see her colleagues to try and convince them otherwise. If you can't handle slow paced films then don't even bother trying to watch this film.
It is repetitive, she says pretty much the same thing to every person and then they give their reasoning why the opted for a bonus, some of them agree to change their vote in favour of Sandra. If the person is not in then someone else directs her to where they are and then she has the same conversation again. Marion Cotillard made it feel so real and you could see the pain and suffering in her face.
We don't really get to know any of the other characters as none of them really have no more than 10 minutes of screen time. I was expecting the film to take the cliché route where the main character would easily convince all the others and it would be all smiles at the end, this wasn't the case which made it feel all the more real.
Overall it's quite a unique film but ultimately not one I will remember very fondly apart from Marion's fantastic performance. I just felt there could have been a bit more to it, we never get to know any of the characters, we don't see the working environment, we don't see the original vote happen. We just don't get the full picture, too much of one repetitive thing and nothing else to go with it.
6/10 from me - Great performance from Marion but the film overall is just OK.
It is repetitive, she says pretty much the same thing to every person and then they give their reasoning why the opted for a bonus, some of them agree to change their vote in favour of Sandra. If the person is not in then someone else directs her to where they are and then she has the same conversation again. Marion Cotillard made it feel so real and you could see the pain and suffering in her face.
We don't really get to know any of the other characters as none of them really have no more than 10 minutes of screen time. I was expecting the film to take the cliché route where the main character would easily convince all the others and it would be all smiles at the end, this wasn't the case which made it feel all the more real.
Overall it's quite a unique film but ultimately not one I will remember very fondly apart from Marion's fantastic performance. I just felt there could have been a bit more to it, we never get to know any of the characters, we don't see the working environment, we don't see the original vote happen. We just don't get the full picture, too much of one repetitive thing and nothing else to go with it.
6/10 from me - Great performance from Marion but the film overall is just OK.