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Weekend

Weekend

19676.91h 44m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Written by Julio Cortázar, Jean-Luc Godard
Box OfficeBudget: $250K0

Top Cast

Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Corinne Durand

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)

M

Michel Cournot

Man From Farmyard (uncredited)

L

Lex De Bruijn

Revolutionary (uncredited)

Omar Diop

Omar Diop

Mon Frère Africain (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

surrealismman woman relationshiptraffic jam

About Weekend

Weekend is a comedy film released in 1967 exploring themes of surrealism, man woman relationship, traffic jam. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, it stars Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. 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.

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