“Two Days, One Night”

Speaking of Academy Awards, Marion Cotillard gives another Oscar-worthy performance in “Two Days, One Night.’ The title indicates the amount of time Sandra (Cotillard), a young Belgian mother, has to convince her co-workers to save her job. Sandra has only just returned to work after a bout with severe depression. When management decides they can get by with fewer workers, Sandra has become the most expendable. The catch for her co-workers is they will have to forego their 1,000-Euro bonuses to save her job.

As she so well proved in her Academy Award-winning role of Edith Piaf in “La Vie En Rose,” Cotillard excels at playing women in peril with unrealized reserves of strength. Vulnerable yet determined Sandra is just such a woman.

Three and a half stars.