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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%. Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 81% of the 439 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
316 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Antoine DuhamelOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Luc GodardWriter
Cast
- Mireille DarcCorinne Durand
- Jean YanneRoland Durand
- Jean-Pierre KalfonLe Chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise
- Yves AfonsoGros Poucet (uncredited)
- Yves BeneytonUn Membre du FLSO (uncredited)
- Juliet BertoUne Activiste du FLSO / Jeune Bourgeoise Accidentée (uncredited)
- Michèle BretonGirl in the Woods (uncredited)
- Michel CournotMan From Farmyard (uncredited)
- Lex De BruijnRevolutionary (uncredited)
- Omar DiopMon Frère Africain (uncredited)
- Jean EustacheL'Auto-Stoppeur (uncredited)
- Jean-Claude GuilbertLe Clochard (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
surrealismman woman relationshiptraffic jam
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