Weekend (1967)

6.9/10 104 min Comedy

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.

Cast

Mireille Darc

Corinne Durand

Jean Yanne

Roland Durand

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Le Chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise

Yves Afonso

Gros Poucet (uncredited)

Yves Beneyton

Un Membre du FLSO (uncredited)

Juliet Berto

Une Activiste du FLSO / Jeune Bourgeoise Accidentée (uncredited)

Michèle Breton

Girl in the Woods (uncredited)

Omar Diop

Mon Frère Africain (uncredited)

Jean Eustache

L'Auto-Stoppeur (uncredited)

Paul Gégauff

Le Pianiste (uncredited)

Valérie Lagrange

La Femme du Chef du FLSO (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)

Ernest Menzer

Ernest - le Cuisinier / Le Boucher du FLSO (uncredited)

Daniel Pommereulle

Joseph Balsamo (uncredited)

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