Long Weekend (2005)

Name: Long Weekend
Director: Hans Herbots
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2005-10-12
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Wouter Hendrickx, Veerle Baetens

Comedy Drama

Director: Hans Herbots

Cast: Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Wouter Hendrickx, Veerle Baetens

Runtime93 min

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Businessman Christian Vandenheuvel planned to spend the long weekend with his young mistress, Lisa. Instead, they're take hostage by Jos Diels and Nick, two of the 46 laborers who lost their job recently when Christian had his family film bankrupted. Each victim fails to escape, even the fire alarm doesn't get them freed. After Jos realizes the mistress is his only daughter, and Nick falls in love with Lisa, the masked men's mood evolves as they progress to truth time, when the police arrives.

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Fans of suspenseful comedy-dramas with nuanced performances will enjoy the 2005 film Long Weekend, directed by Hans Herbots. The film blends tense hostage scenarios with deeply personal character dynamics, as the captors and captives grapple with complex moral dilemmas that challenge their preconceptions.

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In most English-speaking countries, a long weekend is a three or four day weekend.