In an attempt to save her job, Sandra, a young married woman with two children, who after taking a sick leave, returns to find out her colleagues are making pet to take their bonuses in return to her job and she has only two days to convince them.
That's what is so devastating about this superb film: We might have Sandra's dilemma as the focus of our attention, but every one of these people has a comparable story. In these circumstances, that realization is heartbreaking.
What separates Two Days, One Night from just another tale of a poor woman in desperate need is that the Dardennes have also, rather subtly, rendered a stunning portrait of marriage on the brink.
