The Lost Weekend

Year: 1945

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Director: Billy Wilder

Drama

The narrative pulls back the strange, savage pages of a shocking bestseller to follow Don Birnam, a long‑time alcoholic who has managed ten days of sobriety and seems to have passed his darkest moment, yet his craving for drink grows more insidious. When he dodges a country weekend arranged by his brother and girlfriend, he spirals into a four‑day bender that could be his final downfall, one way or another.

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