February 23: Two Days, One Night / Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne / 2015 / 95 min

Closing Reception (6.00 p.m.)

Introduction: Vinay Swamy (Vassar College, French & Francophone Studies)

Respondent: Charles Batson (Union College, Modern Languages and Literatures)

Sandra, a factory worker in an industrial Belgian town, takes a leave of absence to combat crippling depression. Eager to return to work, the wife and mother is told management is offering her colleagues a bonus if they vote to fire her. Sandra faces the daunting task of trying to convince each of her 16 coworkers over the span of one weekend to forgo the cash and let her resume her position.

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This Tournées Film Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S., the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), the French American Cultural Fund, Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment. This festival is also supported by a generous Humanities New York Action Grant (humanitiesny.org).

The festival is cosponsored by the Department of Film, the Women’s Studies and International Studies Programs, the Dean of Faculty and the VSA French Club.

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