Weekend (2011) on Netflix
Russell leaves a house party in Nottingham for a gay club, where he meets Glen, an art student. They go to Russell's flat, and Glen asks him to record the night.
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Plot summary
At a house party in Nottingham, Russell tells his friend Jamie he will come to Jamie's daughter's birthday on Sunday, then slips away early to a gay club, where he meets Glen, an art student. They go home together. In the morning Glen has Russell speak about the night into a voice recorder for an art project, and Russell, more reserved than Glen, is startled by how openly Glen talks about sex. They swap numbers, and Russell writes about Glen on his laptop, something he does after each encounter.
Cast
- Loreto Murrayas Cathy (as Loretto Murray)
- Joe Dohertyas Justin
- Mark Devenportas Straight Man in Bar (as Mark Davenport)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Weekend (2011)
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- Italy's Catholic bishops branded Weekend "indecent" and "unusable", so its Italian release in March 2016 was restricted to 10 cinemas, shunned by the more than 1,100 cinemas owned by the Catholic Church that form the bulk of Italy's arthouse network.
- Director Andrew Haigh told a Q&A session at the IFI in Dublin on 11 November 2011 that Weekend's budget was "around 120,000", without specifying a currency.
- Tom Cullen said he, Chris New and director Andrew Haigh "tore the script to pieces" and improvised much of the action and dialogue, never being entirely sure at the start of a scene where it would go.
