This is a very poignant film about letting go of the people we love. We think the characters are in a completely different situation than they actually are, and we don’t realize that until about seven minutes in. What I like about the movie is that when the twist happens, we don’t feel cheated. It’s believable the whole way through.

Connor (Tyler McClendon) is an aging roadie who thinks he’s finally about to get his big break. Emma (Andrea Isaak) asks him to do one last thing. Since she’s wearing a wedding dress, we assume we know what that means; we’re wrong. The conversation they have – about life on the road, faded dreams and small hopes for the future – is very moving and authentic.

I love the folk song that bookends the film: “Don’t Say a Word” by Will Meadows. Like most movies made at the Vancouver Film School, ONE LAST THING has excellent camerawork, editing and production design. But it’s the actors who really make Dan McLean’s script sing. We accept immediately that these two people share a history, and we want to see them work out their problems. The best thing about the movie is that it doesn’t force them to.