One family. One weekend. One hell of a home video. Births, Deaths and Marriages is a slice of life kiwi comedy about life, death and everything in between.
In the depths of Upper Hutt, 1994, the Hart clan is going through a very bad-hair day.
Hugh returns from a quick foray to the supermarket for emergency supplies to bolster morale after her cousin Sinead is jilted at the altar, only to find all the rellies facing another upset: grandma has gone. Well, she's still at home, but she's popped her clogs. At least the wedding food and flowers might be repurposed. Aunty Ngaire is on the case, despite being in the midst of an existential crisis and engaged in an ongoing argument with daughter Tui about the merits or otherwise of making her mark in the world outside of the kitchen. Hugh is having trouble coming to grips with why Grandma had to go without saying goodbye, after all she was only gone for 20 minutes! No way is a death going to interrupt Shannon's plans to chase a bit of cheap trouser on a Saturday night. A girl has priorities, and if grandma were upright, she'd be all for it. Unfortunately, she's out flat in the bed/birth room - soon-to-be-mum Katherine, floundering in the paddling pool, gives short shrift to hubby Ari's concerns about this combo not being tikanga. What about Irish tikanga, eh? Sinead packs a sad in the bath. Reluctant groom Dean pathetically hovers. Storm vociferously offers unrequested grief therapy tips. And Aidan, originally tasked with filming the wedding, now has his eye, and camera, firmly fixed on recording the resulting family antics, for posterity.
A slice of life kiwi comedy about life, death and everything in between!
