Nights and Weekends
Nights and Weekends is a mumblecore film about a long distance couple who are forced to explore new dimensions to their relationship when a possible pregnancy occurs. The film is the latest to follow the Swanberg indie hit, Hannah Takes the Stairs.
Fast Facts
- Directors: Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig
- Swanberg and Gerwig wrote Hannah Takes the Stairs
- Starring: Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig, Elizabeth Donius, Jay Duplass, Lynn Shelton and Kent Osborne
- Film completion: December 2006
- Filmed in 12 days
- Spotlight Premiere: 2008 South by Southwest Lineup
- Running time: 80 min
About the Director
Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan but moved around quite a bit with his family until they settled in Illinois. He studied film at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and worked for a couple of film festivals in the Chicago are. Swanberg also became an avid web designer to make money and finance his first film Kissing on the Mouth in 2005. The following year he directed LOL and immediately after ventured into Hannah Takes the Stairs.
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