Two Days, One Night
A depressed factory worker appeals to her coworkers for solidarity when her job is set against their annual bonuses.
Overview
A woman's fight for her job becomes a poignant journey of self-worth and resilience.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- tense
- reflective evening
- social justice film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the Dardenne brothers' clear-eyed social realism and Marion Cotillard's profoundly affecting, psychologically precise performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sandra must persuade coworkers to sacrifice their annual bonuses so she can retain her job at Solwal.
The Dardenne brothers follow Sandra through everyday workplaces, homes, and streets with restrained, intimate realism.
Sandra visits each of the thirteen coworkers who voted for bonuses, confronting their competing financial needs one encounter at a time.
The employer frames Sandra's job and sixteen bonuses as mutually exclusive, while workplace misinformation intensifies the conflict.
Films like Two Days, One Night, and why
The Kid with a Bike
shares compassionate social realism, economic precarity, working-class solidarity, and a restrained emotional register
Rosetta
shares Dardenne-style naturalism, intimate moral conflict, and focus on vulnerable people navigating social institutions
The Measure of a Man
shares workplace injustice, economic anxiety, and a quietly devastating portrait of personal dignity under pressure
Mia Madre
shares a female protagonist confronting employment insecurity through empathetic social drama and understated realism
Movie Details
- Directors
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Release Date
- 2014-05-21
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (1035)
Cast
- Marion Cotillard
- Fabrizio Rongione
- Catherine Salée
- Pili Groyne
- Baptiste Sornin
- Simon Caudry
- Lara Persain
- Alain Eloy
- Myriem Akheddiou
- Fabienne Sciascia
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Two Days, One Night about?
- A depressed factory worker appeals to her coworkers for solidarity when her job is set against their annual bonuses.
- What is Two Days, One Night like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Two Days, One Night as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Two Days, One Night violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Two Days, One Night as mild.
- What did critics think of Two Days, One Night?
- Critics broadly praised the Dardenne brothers' clear-eyed social realism and Marion Cotillard's profoundly affecting, psychologically precise performance.
- Which films are like Two Days, One Night?
- Films with a similar feel include The Kid with a Bike, Rosetta, The Measure of a Man, and Mia Madre.
- How long is Two Days, One Night?
- Two Days, One Night runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Two Days, One Night?
- In United States, Two Days, One Night streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
