Baltic Cinema: Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)

The human story of one woman’s fight against a system that sees workers as disposable. About Two Days, One Night (15) Thursday 5 November | 18:30 £6/£4.50* per person Deux jours, une nuit Dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Belgium / France 2014 95’ (15) ‘Two Days, One Night tells us that the fight is always worth it, whatever the result. Even if Sandra loses, she has already won.’ —The Guardian ★★★★★ 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 favour 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. Read more Toggle Film / Video