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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

6.976/10

Release Date

29 December 1967

Country

France

Cast

Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Corinne Durand

Jean Yanne

Jean Yanne

Roland Durand

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Le Chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise

Yves Afonso

Yves Afonso

Gros Poucet (uncredited)

Yves Beneyton

Yves Beneyton

Un Membre du FLSO (uncredited)

Juliet Berto

Juliet Berto

Une Activiste du FLSO / Jeune Bourgeoise Accidentée (uncredited)

Michèle Breton

Michèle Breton

Girl in the Woods (uncredited)

Michel Cournot

Michel Cournot

Man From Farmyard (uncredited)

Lex De Bruijn

Lex De Bruijn

Revolutionary (uncredited)

Omar Diop

Omar Diop

Mon Frère Africain (uncredited)

Jean Eustache

Jean Eustache

L'Auto-Stoppeur (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Guilbert

Jean-Claude Guilbert

Le Clochard (uncredited)

Paul Gégauff

Paul Gégauff

Le Pianiste (uncredited)

Blandine Jeanson

Blandine Jeanson

Emily Bronte (uncredited)

Louis Jojot

Louis Jojot

Monsieur Jojot (uncredited)

Valérie Lagrange

Valérie Lagrange

La Femme du Chef du FLSO (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)

Ernest Menzer

Ernest Menzer

Ernest - le Cuisinier / Le Boucher du FLSO (uncredited)

Daniel Pommereulle

Daniel Pommereulle

Joseph Balsamo (uncredited)

Isabelle Pons

Isabelle Pons

(uncredited)

Helen Scott

Helen Scott

Woman in Car (uncredited)

Georges Staquet

Georges Staquet

Le Conducteur du Tracteur (uncredited)

László Szabó

László Szabó

L'Arabe (uncredited)

Virginie Vignon

Virginie Vignon

Marie-Madeleine (uncredited)

Anne Wiazemsky

Anne Wiazemsky

Une Fille à la Ferme (uncredited)

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