Weekend

In this highly stylised fable, told in Jean-Luc Godard’s inimitable, unique style, a weekend trip from Paris to Normandy turns into an automobile apocalypse and a shattering metaphor for the decline of the West. Photography by Raoul Coutard.

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Credits

production company

Comacico

Les Films Copernic

Lira Films(Paris)

Ascot Cineraid(Rome)

producer/director

Jean-Luc Godard

Duration

01:35:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1967

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324862

Language

French

Audience classification

R (18+)

Subject categories

Drama

Drama → New wave films → New wave films - France

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - France

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1812267

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France, 1967

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