Weekend

On a Friday night in Nottingham, after a house party with his friends, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and looking for an encounter. Just before closing time he meets Glen, an student artist, and they end up sleeping together back at Russell's apartment. The next morning, Glen has Russell speak into a voice recorder about their experience. Glen says this is for an art project. After Glen leaves, Russell writes about Glen on his laptop, something he does about each of the men he has seen.

Russell, who works as a lifeguard, feels lonely about his lot in life. The next day Glen and Russell meet up and the two ride Russell's bike together. Back at Russell's apartment, they spend the day together, sharing stories of their past encounters and their experiences as gay men. Russell confides to Glen how he grew up in a foster home with a friend, Jamie, whom he considers as his brother.

Russell learns that Glen is leaving for Oregon the next day for a two-year art course. This leaves Russell upset. Glen invites him to attend a party he is throwing in a bar that night. Instead of forgetting his developing relationship with Glen, Russell goes to see him in the bar. Russell chats with a friend of Glen's, who reveals that Glen never let her listen to Russell's tape and that Glen usually lets her listen to all of them. She says that she and her friends don't expect Glen to follow through with his America trip, and also that Glen had a relationship with a guy named John, who cheated on him but became a martyr in their relationship and how he got beaten up in the park.

The pair get out of the bar and spend their time in the amusement park where Glen admits that he is never happy and feels down whenever he's with his friends. When they get back to Russell's place, they smoke marijuana and snort cocaine. At one point, Russel admits to Glen that he has something similar to Glen's art project, but his is not for anyone else. He reads some of his entries to Glen. It is revealed that one of the men Russell had slept with had been John, Glen's ex-boyfriend. Glen tries to laugh it off saying "he'd love this" – referring to his ex. It is not long before they have an argument as Glen speculates that things would be better for him in America, rather than in England. Russell believes they could be happy together, in a relationship. Russell then rebukes Glen for his relationship with John in that John made it difficult for Glen to trust others. Glen then strikes back at Russell telling him that he doesn't know anything about his life and that John couldn't even stand up for himself. This upsets Russell and he leaves to the bathroom.

However, Russell and Glen are reconciled, and soon they passionately share a kiss and sleep together. In the morning, they play a game where Glen pretends to be Russell's father where he could finally come out to him (a chance Russell never had as he never met his father). After Glen leaves, Russell feels desolate and goes to attend the birthday party of his friend Jamie's daughter. Jamie asks him what is wrong and, after some hesitation, Russell finally explains about Glen. Jamie suggests he drop Russell off at the train station to see Glen off. Jamie then drives Russell to the train station, where he chances upon Glen – who jokes how he expected him to show up. They say their last goodbyes and Glen kisses Russell, who finally overcomes his fear of being "out" in public. Glen hands Russell a present, which was the voice recorder on which Glen had earlier recorded Russell's account of how they met and their first encounter.