'Two Days, One Night' Premieres At Cannes With High Praise From Critics [Pictures]

Marion Cotillard has impressed critics with her performance in Two Days, One Night ‘Deux Jours, Une Nuit’ after the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday (20th May).

Critics have been quick to comment that, whilst Cotillard is the star of Two Days, One Night and a major one at that, the drama is created by the reaction of the other characters in response to Sandra’s uncomfortable speech. As Collins points out the film consists of “a series of confrontations” but it is “the wild variety in her colleagues’ reactions that fires the drama.” This is certainly evident from the trailer in which we can see the colleagues reacting violently, sorrowfully or sternly to Sandra after she delivers an impassioned speech to each.

Although the drama rests squarely on the shoulders of the other actors, this is not to suggest Cotillard is an underwhelming presence in the film. Quite the contrary in fact as critics have highly praised her performance noting how dowdy she appears in contrast to her more glitzy A-List roles. Peter Bradshaw (Guardian) wrote Cotillard “is restrained and dignified, and again Cotillard shows what a marvellous technical actor she is: every nuance and detail is readably present on her face.”

Read more: Cannes: Marion Cotillard Shines In Another Hard-Hitting Drama, 'Two Days, One Night'.

As much as Cotillard’s performance shone in Two Days, One Night, so the actress did at the premiere of the film yesterday (20th May). The actress appeared wearing an unusual embellished dress made up of a variety of coloured beads. She was joined on the red carpet by co-star Rongione and the Dardenne brothers.

Two Days, One Night is released in the UK on 22nd August.