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LAST NIGHT (1996)
95 min. Rating: AA
DIRECTOR-SCREENWRITER: Don McKellar

9/10 REEL Student Rating (3 votes)

Plot Summary
As the year 2000 grew near, paranoia around “Y2K” was rampant. Don McKellar responded to the anxiety around potential computer meltdowns by coming up with this witty film. As the film begins, the last day of 1999 has truly become the “last night.” The apocalypse is here. Humanity will die at midnight. As rioting and looting begin to take place in Toronto, disparate groups of people prepare to meet their fate. A young architect (McKellar) plans to go out solo while his best friend (Rennie) attempts to have as many sexual conquests as possible. When the architect meets a stranded young woman (Oh) who can’t find her husband (David Cronenberg), a strange and intense relationship quickly develops. 13 Genie nominations. Winner for Best Actress (Oh), Best Supporting Actor (Rennie) and the Jutra Award for Best Directorial Debut (McKellar). Also won the Prix de la jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival.

About The Director

Don McKellar

Don McKellar is considered one of Canada’s most prolific filmmakers. His writing credits include the films Roadkill and Highway 61, as well as the award-winning films The Red Violin and Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. He has starred in Exotica (for which he won a Genie Award), The Adjuster, waydowntown and Monkey Warfare. He wrote and starred in an adaptation of the award-winning novel, Blindness. McKellar stars in the upcoming Cooking with Stella and, and is collaborating on This Movie Is Broken with director Bruce McDonald.