You’ve never seen a rom-com like this.
Sure, Top End Wedding treats you to the stereotypical elements of the genre: going home, family drama, car trouble, a right-at-the-gate airport scene, and one hell of a bridesmaids troupe.
But it’s not set in Love Actually’s London, You’ve Got Mail‘s New York, or My Best Friend’s Wedding‘s Chicago. It’s set in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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Co-written by Larrakia actor Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler, and directed by The Sapphires‘ maestro Wayne Blair, Top End Wedding follows assiduous Sydney lawyer Lauren (Tapsell) whose engagement to Ned (Gwilym Lee) takes them all the way home to the Territory to see her parents. Read more…
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