Two Days, One Night (15)
Part of Baltic Cinema | Together! Solidarity and Community on Screen
Thu 5 Nov | 18:30
£6 / £4.50* per person
(15) Dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Belgium / France / 2014 / 1h 35m
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard received another nomination for her searing, deeply felt performance as a working-class woman desperate to hold on to her factory job.
In this gripping film from master Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Cotillard is Sandra, a wife and mother who suffers from depression and discovers that, while she was home on sick leave, a majority of her coworkers voted in favour of her being laid off over giving up their annual bonuses. She then spends a Saturday and Sunday visiting them each in turn, to try to convince them to change their minds. From this simple premise, the Dardennes create a powerfully humane drama about the importance of community in an increasingly impersonal world.
‘Two Days, One Night tells us that the fight is always worth it, whatever the result. Even if Sandra loses, she has already won.’ —The Guardian ★★★★★
Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network
Doors open 18:00; Film starts 18:30.
Pop-up cinema bar open from 18:00 for drinks.
*Concessions: under 18s, unwaged & 65+
Together! Solidarity and Community on Screen
November 2026 – March 2027
In response to our exhibition Close to Home, the films in this season all circle ideas of community and solidarity and ask key questions about the limits of each. They are rooted in stories of working-class lives, from across different countries and times, from Gateshead to Prague via Helsinki. They explore the most basic conditions of life – labour and housing – and the determination, integrity and compassion to fight the erosion of those conditions.
