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.

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Box office
Made on a $250K budget
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Setting
Set in Île-de-France
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Music
Music by Antoine Duhamel
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Raoul Coutard
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Details

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writer: Jean-Luc GodardWriter
Original title: Week End
Status: Released
Release date: December 29, 1967
Original language: French
Budget: $250K
Countries: France, Italy

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Production

Cinecidi
Comacico
Les Films Copernic

Cast

Mireille DarcCorinne Durand
Jean YanneRoland Durand
Jean-Pierre KalfonLe Chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise
Yves AfonsoGros Poucet (uncredited)
Yves BeneytonUn Membre du FLSO (uncredited)
Juliet BertoUne Activiste du FLSO / Jeune Bourgeoise Accidentée (uncredited)
Michèle BretonGirl in the Woods (uncredited)
Michel CournotMan From Farmyard (uncredited)
Lex De BruijnRevolutionary (uncredited)
Omar DiopMon Frère Africain (uncredited)
Jean EustacheL'Auto-Stoppeur (uncredited)
Jean-Claude GuilbertLe Clochard (uncredited)
Paul GégauffLe Pianiste (uncredited)
Blandine JeansonEmily Bronte (uncredited)
Louis JojotMonsieur Jojot (uncredited)
Valérie LagrangeLa Femme du Chef du FLSO (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre LéaudSaint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
Ernest MenzerErnest - le Cuisinier / Le Boucher du FLSO (uncredited)
Daniel PommereulleJoseph Balsamo (uncredited)
Isabelle Pons(uncredited)