Two Days, One Night
Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up…
Two Days, One Night
Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job. Sandra Bya, married with two children, has been off work from her job at Solwal on medical leave for depression. During her absence from work, her boss, M. Dumont, on the suggestion of her immediate supervisor, the shop foreman Jean-Marc, figures that her section of the company can function with sixteen people working full time with a bit of overtime instead of seventeen with no overtime, that seventeenth person being Sandra. Because of the global competition the company faces, Dumont decides the company can only finance the annual bonuses for those sixteen employees, which are EUR1,000 per person, or Sandra's job, leaving the decision to those sixteen. On a Friday near the end of her medical leave, Sandra learns of this situation from her friend and co-worker Juliette after the "show of hands" vote is held, the result a 14-2 decision for the bonuses over Sandra's job. Because Juliette knows Jean-Marc, who is determined to get rid of Sandra, influenced the vote by scare mongering through misinformation, Juliette and Sandra, at the end of the working day on Friday, are able to convince Dumont to hold another secret ballot on Monday morning, with Sandra needing a majority to keep her job, meaning nine votes. By Saturday morning, Sandra's supportive husband, Manu, convinces her that over the weekend she should speak to each and all of the fourteen who voted for the bonuses to get them to change their minds. The Byas not only need the income from Sandra's job but Manu believes the job is a symbol for Sandra of her own self-worth, important now in her tenuous mental state. As Sandra reluctantly goes about this task, she finds that not only is she uncomfortable being in this somewhat confrontational situation, but that the people who voted against her have their own household conflicts over the EUR1,000, which would keep some of them afloat financially. As the weekend progresses, Sandra will find if she is strong enough emotionally to deal with the situation. —Huggo Sandra, a young Belgian mother battling depression, discovers that her workmates at a solar panel factory have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. —Polly_Kat The economic crisis is weighing on the population. Sandra is right in the middle of it. She relies on her salary to pay off the house in which she lives with her husband Manu and their two children. She has only just recovered from depression when she receives a call from her employer: the company she works for is considering cutting her job and is giving its employees a choice: if Sandra is made redundant, everyone will receive a bonus of a thousand euros; if she keeps her job, the money will not be paid. On Friday afternoon, 14 out of 16 colleagues vote in favor of the bonus. But Sandra has one last hope: urged on by her husband and a colleague, she manages to persuade the boss of her company to hold another vote on the following Monday morning. This leaves her two days and one night this weekend to visit her colleagues and persuade them to vote to keep their jobs. The young woman has to fight above all with Jean-Marc, who is trying to win over the workforce for the bonus. A journey begins through the socially deprived neighborhoods of Liège, Belgium; a fight against social decline, depression and an employer's morally dubious method of dismissing employees. —Arte
Two Days, One Night
Drama
Film Details
Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.
Sandra Bya, married with two children, has been off work from her job at Solwal on medical leave for depression. During her absence from work, her boss, M. Dumont, on the suggestion of her immediate supervisor, the shop foreman Jean-Marc, figures that her section of the company can function with sixteen people working full time with a bit of overtime instead of seventeen with no overtime, that seventeenth person being Sandra.
Because of the global competition the company faces, Dumont decides the company can only finance the annual bonuses for those sixteen employees, which are EUR1,000 per person, or Sandra's job, leaving the decision to those sixteen. On a Friday near the end of her medical leave, Sandra learns of this situation from her friend and co-worker Juliette after the "show of hands" vote is held, the result a 14-2 decision for the bonuses over Sandra's job. Because Juliette knows Jean-Marc, who is determined to get rid of Sandra, influenced the vote by scare mongering through misinformation, Juliette and Sandra, at the end of the working day on Friday, are able to convince Dumont to hold another secret ballot on Monday morning, with Sandra needing a majority to keep her job, meaning nine votes.
By Saturday morning, Sandra's supportive husband, Manu, convinces her that over the weekend she should speak to each and all of the fourteen who voted for the bonuses to get them to change their minds. The Byas not only need the income from Sandra's job but Manu believes the job is a symbol for Sandra of her own self-worth, important now in her tenuous mental state. As Sandra reluctantly goes about this task, she finds that not only is she uncomfortable being in this somewhat confrontational situation, but that the people who voted against her have their own household conflicts over the EUR1,000, which would keep some of them afloat financially.
As the weekend progresses, Sandra will find if she is strong enough emotionally to deal with the situation. —Huggo Sandra, a young Belgian mother battling depression, discovers that her workmates at a solar panel factory have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.
—Polly_Kat The economic crisis is weighing on the population. Sandra is right in the middle of it. She relies on her salary to pay off the house in which she lives with her husband Manu and their two children.
She has only just recovered from depression when she receives a call from her employer: the company she works for is considering cutting her job and is giving its employees a choice: if Sandra is made redundant, everyone will receive a bonus of a thousand euros; if she keeps her job, the money will not be paid. On Friday afternoon, 14 out of 16 colleagues vote in favor of the bonus. But Sandra has one last hope: urged on by her husband and a colleague, she manages to persuade the boss of her company to hold another vote on the following Monday morning.
This leaves her two days and one night this weekend to visit her colleagues and persuade them to vote to keep their jobs. The young woman has to fight above all with Jean-Marc, who is trying to win over the workforce for the bonus. A journey begins through the socially deprived neighborhoods of Liège, Belgium; a fight against social decline, depression and an employer's morally dubious method of dismissing employees.
—Arte.