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Genre:
Environmental Ozploitation
Country, Year:
Australia, 1978
Duration:
97 mins
Director:
Colin Eggleston
Writer:
Everett De Roche
Language/Subtitles:
English/German
Cast:
John Hargreaves, Mike McEwen, Briony Behets
DoP:
Vincent Monton
Editor:
Brian Kavanagh
Music:
Michael Carlos
Submitted by:
Umbrella Entertainment
screenings
22.4.25 15:30
Excelsior

Don't screw with nature

Long Weekend

Season Special: Nature's Tipping Point

A young couple leaves the city for camping in the Australian outback. The two troublemakers have dealt with nature is anything but squeamish and their stay is correspondingly inhospitable: The animal world begins to turn against them and the hoped-for recovery quickly becomes a bitter fight for survival.

Considering that LONG WEEKEND was released back in 1978, the film's message is even more impressive. It is an allegory of environmental destruction and human ignorance, embodied by a quarrelsome couple who collect only a few points of sympathy over the course of the film. LONG WEEKEND may look like the typical Ozploitation of the 70s, but its message has lost none of its relevance to this day. Come on, let's get involved and try to be a bit nicer to nature...

Beware! [Sexual Content] [Animal Cruelty]