Honoured as the Opening Night Gala film at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, LAST WEDDING is a sparkling black comedy that gleefully explores the contradictions of modern human relationships, featuring "three guys in hot water" – Noah, Peter and Shane, and their mates. Waterproofing specialist Noah (Benjamin Ratner, DIRTY) and aspiring C&W singer Zipporah (Frida Betrani, PROZAC NATION) take the plunge after a brief, passionate engagement.

Almost immediately after moving into Zipporah’s tacky horse-themed abode, hidden aspects of their personalities become alarmingly apparent and their relationship begins to stumble in disturbing and comic ways. Literature Professor Peter (Tom Scholte, DIRTY) and his live-in mate Leslie the librarian (Nancy Sivak), and Noah’s other friend Shane (Vincent Gale, DIRTY) and his girl friend, fellow architect Sarah (Molly Parker, SUNSHINE, THE WAR BRIDE), find themselves broadsided by the forces of envy and lust. The dominoes of their relationships totter and begin to tumble, creating mayhem that alternately appalls and delights. At the heart of Bruce Sweeney’s LAST WEDDING is a Mike Leigh-styled exploration of work-related, mid-life tensions which intrude on couples’ emotional relations and render them absurdly incapable – or unwilling – to commit unconditionally to one another. It’s a recipe for disaster, but in Sweeney’s masterful hands the film’s sushi-eating Vancouver-ite crowd is presented with a forgiving, affectionate touch that continually infuses the characters with humanity and tantalizing wisps of hope.