Peter Bradshaw's five star review
No film-maker has won the Palme d'Or three times. But if ever there were men to do it, those men would be Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Belgian brothers and Cannes perennials who previously triumphed with Rosetta in 1999 and in 2005 with The Child. Two Days, One Night is the shortest film in competition (just 95 minutes, 101 minutes less than sometime bookies' favourite Winter's Sleep), and the one which has most united the critics. No review has yet given it fewer than five stars.
The film follows factory worker Sandra (Marion Cotillard) over a weekend in which she tries to persuade her colleagues to give up a 1,000-euro bonus so she can keep her job. The experience is traumatic for all involved. The workers are by turns belligerent and pitying; Sandra much supported by her husband and two children has only just recovered from a bout of depression.
Continue reading...Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/20/two-days-one-night-cannes-2014-palme-d-or-favourite
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