The Weekend

A quiet, emotionally charged gathering where old wounds and new tensions simmer beneath polite conversation.

Directed by

Brian Skeet

Genres

Drama

Starring

Gena Rowlands, Brooke Shields, Deborah Kara Unger

Tagline

There's no future in holding on to the past.

Overview

Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who had also been Lyle`s lover. Marian, who is still inconsolable after losing Tony to AIDS, is upset when Lyle brings his new boyfriend, a young artist, Robert. Meanwhile, the situation is just as tense at the Kerr`s neighbors' house, where oft-widowed, free spirit Laura Ponti gets a surprise visit from her resentful, angry daughter, Nina, and her married lover, Thierry. Matters worsen when the battling mother-daughter duo joins the Kerr household for a dinner party, where the pain-riddled diners engage in a messy emotional showdown.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Grief, family, love, betrayal

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

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