Weekend (1967)

A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

Genres: Comedy

What to watch after Weekend

• Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) — Juliet Berto appears in both
• 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) — Jean-Luc Godard directed both
• Going Places (1974) — Same feel: provocative, nihilistic
• A Woman Is a Woman (1961) — Jean-Luc Godard directed both
• Pierrot le Fou (1965) — Jean-Luc Godard directed both
• Coup de torchon (1981) — Same feel: satirical, provocative