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Weekend

Thursday, October 20, 7:30

(Andrew Haigh, UK, 96min., 2011)

Opening Night Sponsor: Jack H. Smith of Shorewest Realtors
Co-Sponsors: Cream City Foundation, Bronze Optical, PrideFest
Campus Partner: UWM LGBT Resource Center
Media Sponsors: 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gazette, 91.7FM WMSE

A one-night stand that becomes something more in this unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives. On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a bar, possibly looking to hook up, or maybe just bored. Right before closing time he picks up Glen. And so begins a weekend – in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and disagreeing and having sex – that will resonate throughout their lives. What is so winning about Andrew Haigh's film is that it is rooted not in invented drama but rather in the recognizable everyday – the awkwardness of going to a bar alone; the tedium of jobs half-committed to; the quiet estrangement sometimes available when you are the only gay in the room. Haigh and his amazing actors Tom Cullen and Chris New uncover what is at stake in the day-to-day: they understand the unease of loneliness underscoring the most banal activity. And, thanks to the precisely measured dialogue, the quiet coaxing of the beautiful camerawork, the whole artful reach of the film's naturalistic approach, the stuff of life ascends into something heightened, the everyday, one weekend here, opening into great feeling. The film's premise couldn't be more precise, minimal even, the drama more quiet and restrained. But the dividends couldn't be richer. Weekend is one of the greatest films we have ever shown, yes, and also one of the most tender, most romantic.

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Winner: 2011 SXSW Emerging Vision Audience Award
Winner: OUTFEST 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature

Join us for a post-screening reception at Beans & Barley, 1901 E. North Ave, immediately after the show!

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