Last Night

In the early evening, Sandra scavenges leftovers in a Toronto supermarket, trying to stretch supplies for the last night. The city is in panic and the sense of imminent doom permeates daily life. Her car is vandalized, leaving her stranded and reliant on others or luck to survive the night.

Duncan spends the day reassuring his customers that heating gas will be kept on for the very end. He attempts to calm fears in a city already fraying at the edges as resources grow scarcer. His calm stance underscores a human impulse to provide stability amid catastrophe.

Patrick gathers his extended family for a mock Christmas dinner, a ritual that offers familiarity in the face of extinction. The gathering exposes tensions and small acts of tenderness that humanize this final night. The event sets the emotional tone for the rest of the night.

Patrick leaves the dinner early and unexpectedly encounters Sandra at his front door. He lets her in to use his phone because she needs to reach Duncan, highlighting the tense alliance formed by two strangers amid looming disaster.

Sandra and Patrick discuss stealing a car to escape, a practical desperation in a city where mobility is a scarce resource. Patrick admits he doesn't actually know how to hotwire a car, exposing their precarious luck and the limits of improvisation.

Craig and Lily engage in sex to mark every possible milestone before the end. The scene emphasizes intimate agency in a world screaming toward collapse, contrasting with the impersonal catastrophe outside.

Craig explains his omnisexual approach and urges Patrick to indulge his fantasies before the end. He insists he isn't belittling Patrick but is attempting to inspire him to seize the moment and live through the night.

A local DJ spends the last hours playing the 'Top 500 of All Time' on various radios, weaving early '70s pop into the soundtrack of the apocalypse. He jokes that the list is 'According to me!' as the city tunes in around him.

Patrick reconnects with his high school friend Menzies, who drives around giving out tickets to a late-night concert with his cousin. The moment offers a counterpoint to doom—a small, stubborn thread of culture amid ruin.

Patrick convinces Craig to lend Sandra a car, enabling a possible escape or contact with others. Sandra leaves with the borrowed vehicle, becoming a mobile link between scattered characters as the night unfolds.

Sandra is blocked by protesters who vandalize the borrowed car and disrupt traffic. She returns to Patrick's apartment, her plan derailed by social chaos echoing the wider breakdown of society.

In the final hour, it is revealed that Duncan was killed by a mob. The revelation shocks the group and reframes their search for connection in the last moments. The grim news deepens the sense that even safe anchors have failed.

Sandra listens to Duncan's voicemail on Patrick's phone, hearing assurance about the end of the power. The two discuss whether to join a suicide pact, with Patrick wanting to know her better and share his own loss before making any irreversible choice.

As midnight nears, Craig meets Donna and, despite skepticism about her virginity, reframes the moment and they have sex. The scene marks another attempt to find meaning through physical closeness in the closing hours.

With the countdown to zero, Patrick and Sandra go to the roof with loaded pistols aimed at each other. As Guantanamera plays, emotion overwhelms them and they lower their weapons, finally embracing in a kiss as the world ends.