Weekend
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69% Critic Match

Weekend

6.9 / 10 1967 1h 44mR French
Comedy

Storyline

A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

Cast & Crew

Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Corinne Durand

Lead
Jean Yanne

Jean Yanne

Roland Durand

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Le Chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise

Yves Afonso

Yves Afonso

Gros Poucet (uncredited)

Yves Beneyton

Yves Beneyton

Un Membre du FLSO (uncredited)

Juliet Berto

Juliet Berto

Une Activiste du FLSO / Jeune Bourgeoise Accidentée (uncredited)

Michèle Breton

Michèle Breton

Girl in the Woods (uncredited)

MC

Michel Cournot

Man From Farmyard (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean-Luc Godard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Weekend is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker