Weekend (1967 film)

Weekend
Theatrical release poster
FrenchWeek-end
Directed byJean-Luc Godard
Screenplay byJean-Luc Godard
Based on"La autopista del Sur"
by Julio Cortázar (uncredited)
Produced byRaymond Danon
Starring
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Edited byAgnès Guillemot
Music byAntoine Duhamel
Production
companies
  • Les Films Copernic
  • COMACICO
  • Lira Films
  • Cinecidi
Distributed by
  • Athos Films (France)
  • Magna (Italy)
Release dates
  • 29 December 1967 (1967-12-29) (France)
  • 1 May 1968 (1968-05-01) (Italy)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
LanguageFrench
Budget$250,000 (estimated)

Weekend (French: Week-end) is a 1967 postmodern black comedy film[2][3] written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on Julio Cortázar's short story "La autopista del Sur".[4] It stars mainstream French TV stars Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne. Jean-Pierre Léaud, comic 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.

  1. ^ a b "Week-End de Jean-Luc Godard (1967)". Unifrance. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ Lorefice, Mike (15 March 2004). "Week End". Raging Bull Movie Reviews. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Week End (1967)". Movie Gazette. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Week End, de Godard, en el ciclo de cine sobre Cortázar" [Weekend, by Godard, in the film cycle on Cortázar] (in Spanish). UNICEN. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2020.