Last Wedding

For the 1995 Finnish film, see The Last Wedding.

Last Wedding
DVD cover
Directed by	Bruce Sweeney
Written by	Bruce Sweeney
Produced by	Stephen Hegyes
Starring	Benjamin Ratner Frida Betrani Tom Scholte
Cinematography	David Pelletier
Edited by	Ross Weber
Music by	Don MacDonald
Production company	Last Wedding Productions
Distributed by	THINKFilm Velocity Home Entertainment
Release date	September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06) (TIFF)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Last Wedding is a 2001 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Bruce Sweeney.^[1]

It premiered as the opening film of the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2]

Plot summary

Noah, a weatherproofing specialist, is preparing to marry Zipporah, a country music singer. His best friend, Peter, is a Canadian literature professor whose relationship with librarian Leslie is threatened by the arrival of beautiful student Laurel. Meanwhile, Noah's and Peter's other close friend Shane, is an architect who has a seemingly wonderful relationship with Sarah, until she graduates and lands a better job than the one he has.

Cast

• Benjamin Ratner as Noah
• Frida Betrani as Zipporah
• Tom Scholte as Peter
• Nancy Sivak as Leslie
• Vincent Gale as Shane
• Molly Parker as Sarah
• Marya Delver as Laurel
• Jay Brazeau as Noah's father
• Kevin McNulty as Rabbi
• Jillian Fargey as Record company assistant

Awards

Award	Ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Genie Awards	22nd Genie Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Vincent Gale	Won	[3]
			Tom Scholte	Nominated	[4]
		Best Supporting Actress	Molly Parker	Won	[3]
			Marya Delver	Nominated	[4]
		Best Art Direction or Production Design	Tony Devenyi	Nominated
		Best Editing	Ross Weber	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001	Rogers Best Canadian Film Award	Last Wedding	Won	[5]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001	Best Canadian Film		Won	[6]
		Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Benjamin Ratner	Won
		Best Actress in a Canadian Film	Frida Betrani	Won
		Best Director of a Canadian Film	Bruce Sweeney	Won

References

1. Lee Anne Gillan, "Last Wedding not for squeamish: Too-close-for-comfort look at ill- fated relationships can be tough to watch". Halifax Daily News, December 2, 2002.
2. "Sweeney mines past relationships for Last Wedding, Toronto festival". Sarnia Observer, September 10, 2001.
3. John McKay, "Atanarjuat wins cool five Genies". Kingston Whig-Standard, February 8, 2002.
4. Christopher Hutsul, "tanarjuat, The War Bride vie for top Genie ; Last Wedding missing from best movie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001.
5. "Memento named best picture". Calgary Herald, December 20, 2001.
6. Katherine Monk, "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2002.

External links

• Last Wedding at IMDb