Word: delire
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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...Readers of the novel will note two outstanding ones: the necessary flatness of the flatly hopeful ending and the oversimplification of Don's reasons for drinking. But most of the picture is acted and directed with honesty. Ray Milland is convincing and often disturbing in his hangovers, his delir ium tremens, his melancholy. Weekend sustains its interest legitimately: it does not try to dazzle with highly polished studio tricks or with classical pretensions. By sticking strictly to its business - telling an interesting story in the straightest possible way - it becomes one of the year's best pictures...
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