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Release Date
Dec 29, 1967 (France)
Apr 13, 1968 (Italy)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 23, 2005
Budget $250,000
Running Time
1 hour, 45 minutes
Country Italy, France
Studio Athos Films, Films Copernic
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Other Titles
• Weekend (1968)
• Week-End
• Le Week-end (1967)
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Genre: Drama, Black Comedy, On The Road, Cannibals, Cult Classic, Disturbing, Post-Apocalypse, Experimental, Marriage, Political, Satire, Surreal, Terrorism, Society
Plot: The master of the French New Wave indicts consumerism and elaborates on his personal vision of Hell with this raucous, biting satire. A nasty, scheming bourgeois Parisian couple embarks on a journey through the countryside to her father's house, where they pray for his death and a subsequent inheritance. Their trip is at first delayed, and later it is distracted by several outrageous events and characters including an apocalyptic traffic jam, a group of fictional philosophers, a couple of violent carjackers, and eventually, a gross display of cannibalism. By the time the film concludes, their seemingly simple journey has deteriorated into a freewheeling philosophical diatribe that leaves no topic unscathed. With WEEKEND, Jean-Luc Godard reaches an impressive plateau of film originality, incorporating inter-titles, extended tracking shots, and music to add an entirely new grammar to film language. The result is a deeply challenging work that will most certainly invigorate some viewers just as much as it will as frustrate others. Standout highlights include a jarring, sexually graphic opening monologue shot with a roaming camera and blaring musical accompaniment, and the infamous traffic jam scene, where an endless parade of cars sit bumper to bumper amidst burning cars, picnics,
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Jean-Luc Godard
Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, Pierrot Goes Wild, Une femme est une femme |
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| Cast |
Mireille Darc
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Borsalino, Monte Carlo or Bust | Jean Yanne
Brotherhood of the Wolf, Indochine, The Horseman on the Roof | | Valérie Lagrange
A Man and a Woman, Chinese Adventures in China, Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours | | | | |
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