Synopsis
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
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Cast
- Marion CotillardSandra
- Fabrizio RongioneManu
- Catherine SaléeJuliette
- Pili GroyneEstelle
- Baptiste SorninMr. Dumont
- Simon CaudryMaxime
- Lara PersainWilly's wife
- Alain EloyWilly
- Myriem AkheddiouMireille
- Fabienne SciasciaNadine
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
A tense dramatic situation and a subtly magnificent central performance from Marion Cotillard add up to an outstanding new movie from the Dardenne brothers. - 100
The Playlist
perhaps the greatest achievement is in how brilliantly the film balances the trademark Dardennes social conscience with a conceit that plays out almost like a ticking-clock thriller, as well as being a deeply felt character study. - 100
Time Out London
Most importantly, the film involves us: it draws us into the debate, makes us complicit, demands that we have an opinion, and then upends that same opinion a few minutes later. It's engaging and rousing. - 100
Variety
The Dardennes once again find a richness of human experience that dwarfs most movies made on an epic canvas. - 100
Empire
Even if you’ve skipped the Dardennes’ work until now, this is a talking-point movie — and an outstanding lead performance — you need to see. It’s a rare film of unforced simplicity that will stick with you for a long time. And it’s honest right to its perfectly judged ending. - 91
IndieWire
Much of the movie relies on Cotillard's jittery expressions as she veers from tentatively hopeful to despondent and back again, sometimes within a matter of minutes, reflecting the ever-changing stability of job security among the lower class. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
It's enriched by signature qualities – the humanistic, nonjudgmental gaze, the absence of sentimentality, the ultra-naturalistic style – that have always distinguished the Belgian brothers' fine body of work. - 80
The Telegraph
This is another hugely admirable entry in the Dardenne canon: nothing all that new, perhaps, but as thoughtful, humane and superbly composed as we have, very fortunately, come to expect from them.
