The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder / US, 1945 / 101 min.
Ray Milland was never better than as Don Birnam, a New York author struggling with a lifetime of alcoholism and a writer’s block. The film won the Grand Prix at the very first Cannes Film Festival. The Lost Weekend also garnered four Academy Awards, making it the uncontested winner of 1946: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor.
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Director
Billy Wilder
Production year
1945
Country
US
Original title
The Lost Weekend
Length
101 min.
Language
English
Format
DCP
Part of
Sweet & Sour: The Films of Billy Wilder
The legendary screenwriter and Hollywood director Billy Wilder was a brilliant word artist. His Oscar-winning classics are brimming with irresistible and cynical humour: incredibly funny, bold and incisive.
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