Dirty Weekend (1993 film)
Dirty Weekend is a film directed by Michael Winner. It is based on the novel of the same title by Helen Zahavi. It was banned for video release two years by the BBFC for its violent and sexual content.
Synopsis
Instead of being about the traditional dirty weekend, Zahavi's novel examines the weekend killing spree committed by Bella, a twentysomething woman with a mysterious past who targets random men for attacks against women, but herself in particular. Over the course of the spree she murders seven men through a variety of gruesome methods. She escapes justice in the end and prepares a new life in the large, faceless city of London.
In the novel the old picaresque tradition is revived: There is one central character, Bella, the picara, who is the only link to all the other characters. She meets and confronts one man after the other, kills him, and moves on to the next.
Cast
- Bella - Lia Williams
- Nimrod - Ian Richardson
- Dentist - David McCallum
- Tim - Rufus Sewell
- Small One - Christopher Ryan