Two Days, One Night

Deux jours, une nuit (2014)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

2014-05-21

Country

Italy, Belgium, France

Production

Canal+, Ciné+, VOO, France 2 Cinéma, RTBF, Les Films du Fleuve, BIM Distribuzione, Media Programme of the European Community, Eyeworks, Archipel 33>35, Belgacom, Vlaams Audiovisueel fonds, Euro-Images

Genre

Drama

Budget

$7 000 000

Revenue

$9 016 922

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Director

Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Actors

Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Pili Groyne, Baptiste Sornin, Simon Caudry, Lara Persain, Alain Eloy, Myriem Akheddiou, Fabienne Sciascia
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Producer

Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Denis Freyd, Delphine Tomson

Operator

Alain Marcoen

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Artist

Audition

Editing

Marie-Hélène Dozo
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• Scenes featuring Marion Cotillard were filmed in seven-minute takes. The maximum number of takes required to film a single scene was 82.
• Marion Cotillard agreed to star in the film even before reading the script.
• Marion Cotillard first met director Jean-Pierre Dardenne in 2011 on the set of 'Rust and Bone' (2012). Dardenne was a producer on that film. Their meeting was accidental, as Cotillard was leaving the elevator with her child. It was then that Dardenne offered her to work together.
• The film's scenes were shot in chronological order.
• Filming took place in Serain, Belgium. This is an industrial town in the French-speaking region of Belgium where Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne were born and raised.
• In an interview, the Dardenne brothers said they drew inspiration from '12 Angry Men' (1957) when preparing to film 'Two Days, One Night'. When asked about similarities to 'High Noon' (1952), they replied that Marion Cotillard's character might be similar to Grace Kelly in that film, but they hadn't even thought about it while writing the script.
• Marion Cotillard first met director Jean-Pierre Dardenne in 2011 on the set of "Rust and Bone" (2012). Dardenne was a producer on that film. Their meeting was accidental, as Cotillard was exiting an elevator with her child. It was then that Dardenne offered her to work together.
• In an interview, the Dardenne brothers said that they drew inspiration from "12 Angry Men" (1957) when preparing to film "Two Days, One Night." When asked about similarities with "High Noon" (1952), they replied that the character of Marion Cotillard may resemble Grace Kelly from that film, but they hadn't even thought about it while writing the script.