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Week End (1967)

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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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 Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
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 Written by
Jean-Luc Godard
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 Cast
Mireille Darc
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Jean Yanne
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Jean-Pierre Kalfon
The Dreamers, Vivement dimanche!, L.A. Without a Map
Valérie Lagrange
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
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Yves Beneyton
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Paul Gégauff
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 Music By
Antoine Duhamel
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