Wednesday, August 6, 2014

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
6/10
As someone who has experienced their role at work being made redundant, and who's had their lives impacted by depression suffered by others, this film about a post-treatment depressive being made redundant touched a bit of a nerve for me. In this film, a group of employees is offered a choice between having their agreed to performance bonus, or to keep the main character in a job, but nor both. Additionally the foreman is putting unfair pressure on the staff to pick the bonus. When the owner of the business is appealed to by the woman whose job is at risk, he agrees on a Friday afternoon to allow the team to have a new vote on Monday, so this film covers the attempts to sway those involved to let the heroine keep her job.
I didn't dislike this film, but I felt it was a little bit too linear, and at points repetitive to the point of (dare I say it?) redundant. I think with some more editing this film could have been a little more snappy in its telling. The subtitles also seemed to be confusing; I was unable to follow exactly how many colleagues she had to convince to let her win the vote, as the discussed numbers relating to it seemed seemed to keep changing throughout.

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