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.
Week End is of 1 hour(s) and 44 minute(s). It is Produced By: Cinecidi, Comacico, Les Films Copernic, Lira Films. It was released on 1967-12-29. It has an average vote of 7.021 on TMDB.
Genres: Comedy
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