Nights and Weekends

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Nights and Weekends
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Directed by
Written by
  • Joe Swanberg
  • Greta Gerwig
Produced by
  • Greta Gerwig
  • Anish Savjani
  • Dia Sokol
  • Joe Swanberg
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byJoe Swanberg
Production
company
Film Science
Distributed by IFC Films
Release dates
  • March 2008 (2008-03)(South by Southwest Film Festival)
  • October 10, 2008 (2008-10-10)(United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000
Box office$5,430 [1]

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

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The film premiered at South by Southwest, [2] screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 10, 2008. [3]

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

Production

The second half of the film was shot a year after the first half, mirroring the timeline of the story. [4] [5]

Greta Gerwig described filming the nude love scenes as "kind of an awful experience". [6]

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. [7] 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". [8]

Accolades

Nights and Weekends producer Dia Sokol Savage was nominated for the Piaget Producers Award at the 25th Independent Spirit Awards. [9]

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