Weekend (2011) directed by Andrew Haigh

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After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

Director: Andrew Haigh

Writer: Andrew Haigh

Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New and Laura Freeman

Taglines: A (sort of) love story between two guys over a cold weekend in October.

Genres: Drama | Romance

Storyline: On a Friday night after a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special. That weekend, in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex, the two men get to know each other. It is a brief encounter that will resonate throughout their lives. Weekend is both an honest and unapologetic love story between two guys and a film about the universal struggle for an authentic life in all its forms. It is about the search for identity and the importance of making a passionate commitment to your life.

Awards: WINNER - Emerging Visions Audience Award at SXSW 2011
WINNER - Grand Jury Award, OutFest 2011
WINNER - Grand Jury Prize / Best Actor, Nashville Film Festival 2011
WINNER - Audience Award, Toronto Inside Out Film Festival

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Cast (in alphabetical order)
Tom Cullen ... Russell
Chris New ... Glen
Kieran Hardcastle ... Sam
Sarah Churm ... Helen
Laura Freeman ... Jill
Jonathan Race ... Jamie
Vauxhall Jermaine ... Damien
Jonathan Wright ... Johnny
Loreto Murray ... Cathy (as Loretto Murray)
Steve Blackman ... Straight Man in Bar
Joe Doherty ... Justin
Julius Metson Scott ... Paul

Comments

[blake-fraina.livejournal.com]

I was able to see this one last autumn in a local art house cinema that opened not too far from my home.

And I loved it.

I agree with you that both characters are unique and very likeable. Unlike you, I don't believe they will ever get together, but what was important is how they effected one another. How each of them grew as a result of their "brief encounter." Glen realizes he's able to love someone and that wanting to be in a committed relationship isn't the sole province of bourgeois straight people, while Russell abandons his shame/reserve about being gay and kind of "comes out" with that public display of affection in the train station (which just killed me).

This is definitely one I need to own on DVD.

Thanks for the review!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Im a romantic at heart and i San unito the l'asta second to see in something was happening. But yes the last scene was heartbreaking and in and case IT'S an ending with hope