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Week End
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7.3/10   3,994 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Jean-Luc Godard (writer)
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Release Date:
27 September 1968 (USA) more
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Plot:
A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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(4 articles)
Ken Wlaschin obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 19 November 2009, 10:42 AM, PST)

CinemaSpy's Week-End TV Recap (Nov. 7)
 (From CinemaSpy. 7 November 2009, 9:05 PM, PST)

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They don't make 'em like this anymore more (78 total)

Cast

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Mireille Darc ... Corinne Durand
Jean Yanne ... Roland Durand
Jean-Pierre Kalfon ... Le chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise
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Also Known As:
Le week-end
Week-End
Week-end, un uomo e una donna dal sabato alla domenica (Italy)
Weekend (USA) (promotional title)
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105 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies". more
Quotes:
Corinne: It's rotten of us, isn't it? We've no right to burn even a philosopher.
Joesph Balsam: Can't you see they're only imaginary characters?
Corinne: Why is she crying, then?
Joesph Balsam: No idea. Let's go.
Corinne: We're little more than that ourselves.
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Referenced in The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Allo, tu m'entends more

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32 out of 48 people found the following comment useful.
They don't make 'em like this anymore, 31 March 2004
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Author: Nick Soapdish from United States

Watching "Weekend" gave me the same joyous sensation as watching Bunuel's "The Phantom of Liberty." It's so blessedly free from conventionality that it's a rollercoaster of voyeuristic pleasure. Every scene is a text unto itself and maybe it relates to the whole, maybe it doesn't. Godard is making up his own rules as he goes along. This might be the first truly existential film I've seen. It's the kind of movie Nietzsche would've made if he'd been alive to see the advent of film art.

It's a shame, though, that the closest thing we have to Godard nowadays is guys like Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson. Not to knock Q or Wes - I have a lot of love for their movies - but you just don't feel the same freedom watching one of their movies as you do watching Godard's, because with theirs you still realize you're following a constricting narrative path, contrived to hoodwink us into thinking the world makes sense.

There is certainly a place for that kind of filmmaking. But there's a place for Godard's kind, too, and it's a shame that niche isn't being satisfied.

11+ (cuz JLG's a rule breaker)

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