Week end
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Comedy films.
Feature films.
France -- Social conditions -- 1945-1995 -- Drama.
Inheritance and succession -- France -- Drama.
Married people -- Drama.
Satirical films.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (39 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
French
ISBN
9781604656589 (pkg.), 1604656581 (pkg.)
UPC
715515101417
Notes
General Note
At head of title: Jean Luc Godard's.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.
General Note
Special features: "Revolutions per second" video essay by Kent Jones ; Interviews (cinematographer Raoul Coutard, actors Mirielle Darc and Jean Yanne, assistant director Claude Miller); "On location" making of footage edited into a French TV program Seize millions de juenes; Trailers. Booklet: "The last weekend" essay by Gary Indiana; "Notes on Weekend" by Alain Bergala; "Theoretical guns: an interview with Godard, 1969" by Jonathan Cott.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Agnes Guillemot ; music, Antoine Duhamel.
Participants/Performers
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Georges Staquet, Juliet Berto, Virginie Vignon, Daniel Pommereulle, Jean Eustache, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Yves Afonso, Blandine Jeanson, Paul Gégauff, Michel Courtnot, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Omar Diop, Lásló Szabó, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Ernest Menzer, Michele Breton, Valérie Lagrange.
Description
Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society retreating to savagery, and, according to the credits, the end of cinema itself.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16:9) enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital, mono.
Language
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Godard, J., Danon, R., Coutard, R., Miller, C., Guillemot, A., Duhamel, A., Darc, M., Yanne, J., Staquet, G., Berto, J., Vignon, V., Pommereulle, D., Eustache, J., Léaud, J., Afonso, Y., Jeanson, B., Gégauff, P., Wiazemsky, A., Guilbert, J., Diop, O., Szabó, L., Kalfon, J., Menzer, E., Breton, M., & Lagrange, V. (2012). Week end. Criterion Collection : Janus Films.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Jean-Luc Godard et al.. 2012. Week End. Criterion Collection : Janus Films.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Jean-Luc Godard et al.. Week End. Criterion Collection : Janus Films, 2012.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Godard, J., Danon, R., Coutard, R., Miller, C., Guillemot, A., Duhamel, A. and Darc, M. et al (2012). Week end. [United States]: Criterion Collection : Janus Films.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Godard, Jean-Luc, et al. Week End. Criterion Collection : Janus Films, 2012.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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