2008 · drama · romance
Nights and Weekends
Directed by Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig1h 20m2008
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
Our read: Nights and Weekends (2008) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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