The Weekend (1999)

2.8/10 97 min Drama

Overview

Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who had also been Lyle`s lover. Marian, who is still inconsolable after losing Tony to AIDS, is upset when Lyle brings his new boyfriend, a young artist, Robert. Meanwhile, the situation is just as tense at the Kerr`s neighbors' house, where oft-widowed, free spirit Laura Ponti gets a surprise visit from her resentful, angry daughter, Nina, and her married lover, Thierry. Matters worsen when the battling mother-daughter duo joins the Kerr household for a dinner party, where the pain-riddled diners engage in a messy emotional showdown.

Cast

Gena Rowlands

Laura Ponti

Brooke Shields

Nina

Deborah Kara Unger

Marian Kerr

Jared Harris

John Kerr

David Conrad

James Duval

D. B. Sweeney

Gary Dourdan

Jessica Morris

Sarah

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