Weekend (1967)
- Original title
- Week End
- Directed by
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama, dystopian film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 314 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple drives through the French countryside to collect an inheritance, encountering increasingly bizarre and violent traffic jams, accidents, and random acts of cruelty. The film presents a surreal and scathing critique of consumer society and bourgeois morality.
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What happens
Weekend (French: Week-end) is a 1967 postmodern black comedy film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on Julio Cortázar's short story "La autopista del Sur". It stars mainstream French TV stars Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne. Jean-Pierre Léaud, star of numerous French New Wave films, including François Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959) and Godard's earlier Masculin Féminin (1966), appeared in two roles. Raoul Coutard served as cinematographer and Suzanne Schiffman as script supervisor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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China is Near (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.