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Weekend (1967)

Weekend (1967)
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French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's Le Weekend remains his most consistently relentless attack on the bourgeois values of his own country and the perceived imperialism of the United States. Mireille Darc plays the central character, an "average" woman who is systematically radicalized during a weekend motor trip. No sooner have the woman and her husband (Jean Yanne) embarked on their journey than they become enmeshed in the mother of all traffic jams. The motorists rave, rant, burn, rape, murder, pillage and even descend into cannibalism -- all of which is treated by Godard as a natural progression of events. The prevalent theory that Jean-Luc Godard had intended Weekend as the apotheosis of his career is bolstered by the film's last two titles: "End of Film." "End of Cinema." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, (more)
Director(s):
Jean-Luc Godard
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Synopsis of Weekend

French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's Le Weekend remains his most consistently relentless attack on the bourgeois values of his own country and the perceived imperialism of the United States. Mireille Darc plays the central character, an "average" woman who is systematically radicalized during a weekend motor trip. No sooner have the woman and her husband (Jean Yanne) embarked on their journey than they become enmeshed in the mother of all traffic jams. The motorists rave, rant, burn, rape, murder, pillage and even descend into cannibalism -- all of which is treated by Godard as a natural progression of events. The prevalent theory that Jean-Luc Godard had intended Weekend as the apotheosis of his career is bolstered by the film's last two titles: "End of Film." "End of Cinema." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
105 mins

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Director(s):
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer(s):
Jean-Luc Godard
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    Adam P.

    someone on drugs making a movie? SOUNDS FUN!!!

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    Mary F.

    Though I did not make it past the first 45 minutes of this film, I doubt that it gets better after that. This is an anti-film, useful only for film students to learn what not to do. Watching it with the commentary is slightly more entertaining, but really only serves to inform you that Godard does indeed mean to make the most annoying film ever.

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    Yan L.

    The worst movie that I have ever rented. Extremely annoying. Whoever made this movie must be on drugs!

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