Nights and Weekends (2008)

Name: Nights and Weekends
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2008-10-10
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Jay Duplass, Lynn Shelton, Kent Osborne

Nights and Weekends (2008), directed by Greta Gerwig, starring Greta Gerwig and Joe Swanberg.

10/10/2008 BR Drama and Romance 1h 20m

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Distance is not always measured in miles.

Synopsis

A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

Benjamin KasulkeCinematography
Matthias GrunskyCinematography
Greta GerwigDirector, Producer, Writer
Joe SwanbergDirector, Editing, Producer, Writer

About the film

Nights and Weekends is a 2008 American mumblecore film written, directed, co-produced by and starring Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig, marking Gerwig's directorial debut. The film follows a long-distance relationship and its aftermath.

The film premiered at South by Southwest, screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 10, 2008.

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The film premiered at South by Southwest, screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 10, 2008.

Plot

The film recounts a long-distance relationship between two people, one of whom lives in Chicago, the other in New York City. The first half of the film follows their relationship while the second half focuses on the dissolution and potential continuation of it, which occurs a year after the events of the first half of the film.

Cast

Alison Bagnall as Reporter

Elizabeth Donius as James' brother's wife

Jay Duplass as James' brother

Greta Gerwig as Mattie

Kent Osborne as Mattie's sister's boyfriend

Lynn Shelton as Mattie's sister

Ellen Stagg as Photographer

Joe Swanberg as James

Suyash Pachauri as OTT

Jesse Cilio as the Neighbor

Production

The second half of the film was shot a year after the first half, mirroring the timeline of the story.

Greta Gerwig described filming the nude love scenes as "kind of an awful experience".

Release

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Accolades

Nights and Weekends producer Dia Sokol Savage was nominated for the Piaget Producers Award at the 25th Independent Spirit Awards.

References

External links

Official website

Nights and Weekends at IMDb

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Trivia

It premiered on October 10, 2008, a Friday.
It runs 1h20 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.