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Though not exclusively a wedding movie, Together culminates in a lockdown wedding that distills the genre’s emotional logic. The couple (Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy), after months of lockdown-induced rage, exhaustion, and grief, decide to marry in their kitchen. The ceremony is attended only by their son (as witness) and a vicar on a tablet. There is no music, no flowers, no dress. The vows are improvised, raw, and acknowledge trauma. lockdown wedding movie