Weekend [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

This controversial political commentary satirizes a group of weekend motorists who ignore their fellow humans in their selfish attempt to make the most of their two days off. A fender bender sets off a chain reaction of emotions and mishaps. A couple wishes to travels to visit the man's ailing father. The ensuing argument results in gunfire and panicing motorists attempting to leave behind wrecked, cars, dying people and claustrophobic traffic jams. The woman is degraded, raped, beaten and strewn with mud throughout the entire film. Guerilla warfare, the Black Panthers, and political discussions dominate the dialogue. the couple arrives too late to see the man's father who has died. Suddenly, figures from the French revolution appear, but their presence does nothing to stop the chaos of political upheaval, human greed and insanity. Jean-Luc Goddard also wrote the screenplay for this bizarre feature.