Episode 98 - Two Days, One Night

The luminous Marion Cotillard has "made it" in Hollywood yet continues to work in her native France as well as Belgium, in this case with the arthouse favorites Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.  In "Two Days, One Night" Cotillard plays Sandra, a blue-collar worker recovering from sick leave pertaining to depression.  She finds out her boss held a vote with her sixteen co-workers, the majority of which opted to get a generous bonus in exchange for her dismissal.  Sandra must convince enough of her co-workers to change their vote in an upcoming secret ballot, or else she is terminated.  This film is leisurely paced, which was a turn-off for Phil, but he loves Marion Cotillard and anyone else who does will delight in watching her turn in a fantastic performance.  Andrew was enraptured by "Two Days, One Night" and the two podcasters have a wide-ranging discussion on social realism and reality in this notable film of 2014. You can download the podcast here by right-clicking on the hypertext link and choosing "save as", or you can use the convenient player attached to this post.