Synopsis
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.
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Cast
- Jim BroadbentNick Burrows
- Lindsay DuncanMeg Burrows
- Jeff GoldblumMorgan
- Olly AlexanderMichael
- Brice BeaugierRobert
- Xavier de GuillebonJean-Pierre Degremont
- Marie-France AlvarezVictoire La Chapelle
- Charlotte LeoDominique Ertel
- Denis SebbahChristopher Aragues
- Sophie-Charlotte HussonPlaza's Receptionist
Recommendations
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The Playlist
Michell’s handling of the relationship between the two is touching in how little judgment he passes. - 80
The Guardian
For all its flaws - in fact, perhaps because of them - Le Week-End is a work borne from, and provoking, real feeling. - 80
The Telegraph
Sophisticated, sharp and funny, Le Week-End achieves an unusual coup: it’s a film about two older characters that is neither deeply gloomy (like, say, Amour) nor twinkly and cheerily upbeat. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is imbued with an engaging mix of warmth and prickliness by the lovely, lived-in performances of Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan. - 80
Variety
Bittersweet, charming yet often very thorny. - 80
Total Film
The result? An accomplished, bittersweet drama that's more bitter than sweet. - 80
Time Out London
It’s lightly played, often very funny and shot all over Paris with energy and wit, and boosted by superb, inquiring turns from Broadbent and Duncan. - 75
Slant Magazine
Both keenly calculated and flowing with offbeat, naturalistic detail, Hanif Kureishi's jewel of a script reflects his sensibilities as a playwright.
