<P> At the end of her holiday, Muriel returns home only to be confronted by her mother over the fraud . Muriel immediately leaves the house and moves to Sydney where she shares a flat with Rhonda and changes her name to' Mariel' . Several months later on a typical night, Rhonda and Mariel go to a nightclub . Rhonda meets two American sailors while Muriel takes a nice man, Brice Nobes, she met at her job in a local video store . Later, while engaged in foreplay, Muriel and Brice accidentally break a window . The sailors that were in Rhonda's bedroom go out to investigate and assume that Muriel's companion is attempting to rape her . It is during this episode that Rhonda falls down, apparently paralyzed . </P> <P> While waiting overnight in the emergency room in Sydney, Muriel calls her family home where she learns that the Australian Federal Police are investigating her father for corruption . Rhonda discovers she has a malignant tumour pressing on her spine and requires urgent surgery . Muriel then uses Rhonda's health crisis as the basis of a deception to obtain a free photo shoot from a bridal shop . During one of Rhonda's rehab sessions, Muriel promises that she will take care of Rhonda and that they will never need to return to their hometown . Later, Rhonda discovers that Muriel has tried on every wedding dress in Sydney and confronts her, forcing Muriel to confess the depth of her deception . </P> <P> Rhonda's cancer returns, necessitating more severe surgery and leaving her permanently paralyzed . Desperate to get married, Muriel enters into a conspiracy to commit visa fraud marrying South African swimmer David Van Arkle so that he can stay in Australia and compete in the upcoming Olympics . Muriel agrees to marry David hoping to pay her father off . At Muriel's elaborate wedding, her former friends serve as the bridesmaids, while Rhonda is bound to her wheelchair is relegated to being a guest . Muriel had asked Rhonda to be a bridesmaid but Rhonda turned her down . Muriel's father is accompanied by his mistress . Muriel's mother arrives late to the wedding, missing the actual ceremony . Muriel doesn't notice her mother at the back of the church and just walks past . Rhonda moves back to Porpoise Spit with her mother as she can no longer live in Sydney without any help, as Muriel moves in with her new husband . </P> <P> After the ceremony, Muriel and David return to David's apartment and he gives her a perfunctory tour of the place . After showing Muriel to her bedroom, David makes his contempt for Muriel known asking "what kind of person marries someone they don't know?" to which she replies "you did ." She says that she too wants to win . Realizing that their relationship will always be platonic, Muriel sits on her bed and contemplates the view . </P>

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