Weekend (1967)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 45min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 27 Sep 1968 (USA)
- Movie
A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.
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Awards:
- 1 win & 4 nominations.
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Cast
| Mireille Darc | ... |
Corinne Durand
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| Jean Yanne | ... |
Roland Durand
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| Jean-Pierre Kalfon | ... |
Le chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise
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| Yves Afonso | ... |
Gros Poucet (uncredited)
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Yves Beneyton | ... |
Un membre du FLSO (uncredited)
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| Juliet Berto | ... |
Une activiste du FLSO / La jeune bourgeoise accidentée (uncredited)
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| Michèle Breton | ... |
Girl in the woods (uncredited)
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Michel Cournot | ... |
Man From Farmyard (uncredited)
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| Lex De Bruijn | ... |
Revolutionary (uncredited)
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| Jean Eustache | ... |
L'auto-stoppeur (uncredited)
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| Jean-Claude Guilbert | ... |
Le clochard (uncredited)
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Paul Gégauff | ... |
Le pianiste (uncredited)
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| Blandine Jeanson | ... |
Emily Bronte (uncredited)
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Louis Jojot | ... |
Monsieur Jojot (uncredited)
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| Valérie Lagrange | ... |
La femme du chef du FLSO (uncredited)
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| Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... |
Saint-Just / Le jeune minet du 16ème (uncredited)
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| Ernest Menzer | ... |
Ernest - le cuisinier / Le boucher du FLSO (uncredited)
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Sanvi Panou | ... |
Mon frère africain (uncredited)
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Daniel Pommereulle | ... |
Joseph Balsamo (uncredited)
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Isabelle Pons | ... |
(uncredited)
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Helen Scott | ... |
Woman in Car (uncredited)
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Georges Staquet | ... |
Le conducteur du tracteur (uncredited)
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| László Szabó | ... |
L'arabe (uncredited)
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Virginie Vignon | ... |
Marie-Madeleine (uncredited)
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| Anne Wiazemsky | ... |
Une fille à la ferme (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jean-Luc Godard | ||
Written by
| Julio Cortázar | ... | (short story "La autopista del Sur") (uncredited) |
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... | () |
Music by
| Antoine Duhamel | ||
Cinematography by
| Raoul Coutard | ||
Editing by
| Agnès Guillemot | ||
Production Management
| Ralph Baum | ... | production manager |
| Philippe Senné | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Claude Miller | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| René Levert | ... | sound |
Location Management
| Alain Coiffier | ... | assistant location manager |
Production Companies
- Comacico
- Les Films Copernic
- Lira Films
- Cinecidi (co-production)
Distributors
- Athos Films (1967) (France) (theatrical)
- Les Films Copernic (1968) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1968) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Grove Press (1968) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Adams Filmi (1969) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Connoisseur Film Ltd. (1969) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2023) (Finland) (tv)
- Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
- New Yorker Video (2005) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Sherlock Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
- Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Atlantic Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Arthaus (2013) (Germany) (DVD) (Jean-Luc Godard Edition 3)
- Columbia Pictures (1971) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Doperfilme (1974) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- New Star (2023) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Magna (Italy)
- Movietime (1967) (World-wide)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A supposedly-idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into an endless nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism, and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
Written by Michael Brooke |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $250,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The tracking shot of the traffic jam was the longest tracking shot in the history of cinema at that point in time as it was 300 meters long. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Bande-annonce de 'Week End' (1967). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Allo, tu m'Entends ? See more » |
| Quotes |
Roland:
What a rotten film. All we meet are crazy people. See more » |