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Weekend (2011)

Weekend poster
Directed by
Andrew Haigh
Genre
drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 573 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men meet at a gay bar and begin a sexual relationship over a single weekend in Nottingham. One of them is about to move to the United States, so their time together has a built-in deadline.

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What happens

Weekend is a 2011 British romantic drama film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, and starring Tom Cullen and Chris New as two men who meet and begin a sexual relationship the weekend before one of them plans to leave the country. The film won much praise and critical acclaim after premiering at the SXSW festival in the US, and was a success at the box office in the UK and the U.S., where it received a limited release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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