Le Week-End
Le Week-End is a 2013 British-French drama film directed by Roger Michell and starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, and Jeff Goldblum. Written by Hanif Kureishi, the film is the fourth collaboration between Michell and Kureishi, who both began developing the story seven years prior during a weekend trip to Montmartre. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
Plot
Nick and Meg Burrows are a married academic couple from Moseley, Birmingham on holiday in Paris to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Meg finds the lodging selected by Nick to be unsuitable and they book a room at much more expensive hotel. Their relationship vacillates, with conflict more often in evidence than affection. Among other things, Meg is frustrated by a phone call from their idle son which reveals Nick's repeated willingness to take him back into their home.
More details
| author | Hanif Kureishi |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Roger Michell |
| editor | Kristina Hetherington |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | bande à part bars and restaurants birmingham credit card dinner party expensive restaurant follow married meet moseley phone call secret lover serve talk wedding anniversary |
| musicBy | Jeremy Sams |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Comedy |
| producer | Kevin Loader |
| productionCompany | Film4 Productions |
| publisher | ARP Sélection Curzon Film World |