Le Week-End (2013) (original) (raw)

Nick and Meg, a married couple approaching 60, return to Paris to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, with hopes of reigniting the spark in their relationship. Desperately clinging on to their marriage, which has evidently gone stale in the past few years, they visit memorable landmarks and places of mutual interest in the French capital. Despite their best endeavours, it is clear that both possess reservations about the relationship. However, a chance encounter with an old friend results in the couple being invited to a party at his fashionable home, and their run-in with the Parisian ...(more)

Nick and Meg, a married couple approaching 60, return to Paris to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, with hopes of reigniting the spark in their relationship. Desperately clinging on to their marriage, which has evidently gone stale in the past few years, they visit memorable landmarks and places of mutual interest in the French capital. Despite their best endeavours, it is clear that both possess reservations about the relationship. However, a chance encounter with an old friend results in the couple being invited to a party at his fashionable home, and their run-in with the Parisian bourgeoisie threatens to change their perspective on life - and each other - profoundly. (less)

Director: Roger Michell
Writer: Hanif Kureishi
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Olly Alexander, Sophie-Charlotte Husson, Igor Gotesman
Producer: Kevin Loader

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Review by Brian Orndorf, March 20, 2014

8 / 10

�Le Week-End� is no dewy romance about the reawakening of feeling shared between a couple who�s been married for decades. Director Roger Michell and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi have little interest in soft-pedaling contentious interactions between the main characters, electing irony as the twosome embarks on a soul-cleansing journey of bitter communication in the most romantic city on Earth. Consistently surprising and bravely raw, �Le Week-End� cuts right to the bone, and does so in such an intimate manner, it feels splendidly authentic, permitting access to the deepest, darkest desires of th ...read more...

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