The Weekend Away is a 2022 American thriller film directed by Kim Farrant from a screenplay by Sarah Alderson, based on Alderson’s 2020 novel of the same name. Its story follows a woman named Beth (Leighton Meester), who travels to Croatia for a weekend getaway with her best friend Kate. However, Kate goes missing and Beth is forced to figure out what happened to her.
Two best friends, Kate and Beth who have overcome personal setbacks and no matter what life throws at them, they always look forward to their annual weekend way. This year they are on a trip to Croatia, and everything is perfect until Beth wakes up to find Kate missing. With only a fuzzy memory of the previous night and the police not helping, her frantic search uncovers devastating secrets closer to home.
The film was released on Netflix on March 3, 2022.
Between February 27th and March 20th, 2022 the movie was watched for 79.95 million hours according to Netflix’s top 10s.
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Cast
Leighton Meester as Beth[6]
Christina Wolfe as Kate[8]
Ziad Bakri as Zain[9]
Luke Norris as Rob
Amar Bukvić as Pavić
Iva Mihalić as Kovač
Adrian Pezdirc as Sebastian
Marko Braić as Luka
Lujo Kunčević as Mateo
Parth Thakerar as Jay