Surreal dream sequences disrupt the boy’s reality in the film, exploring the consequence of divorced parents that Jimenez, and surely anyone who has experienced this, will understand. From an antique red horse, to his mother’s piano playing, to the very song played in the car as his father picked him up, Jimenez gives “write what you know” new depth. Set against the backdrop of 1980’s Toronto, Jimenez tells a deeply personal tale, with vivid details of his own childhood, as he explores what it was like to grow up in a fractured family. While our perspective is fixed to his juvenile vantage, Jimenez’s storytelling itself shows an incredible amount of maturity, making Weekends a film that, in addition to its aesthetic pleasures, many will relate to on a profoundly emotional level. Illustrating a bittersweet tug of war that at times seems surreally dream-like, our young protagonist grapples with the emotional repercussions of seeing his parents find happiness without each other. A gorgeously delicate 2D animation composed over a hand-drawn charcoal background, Trevor Jimenez’s Weekends follows a boy navigating the wake of his parent’s divorce, splitting time between their two homes.
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