Review of ‘Save Sandra’ – My View by Robyn Sassen and other writers

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HEARTBREAK loading: Olga (Darya Gantura), Sandra (Rosalie Charles) and William (Sven de Ridder) shortly after the diagnosis in Save Sandra. Photograph courtesy flandersfilmimage.com

HOW DO YOU tell your beautiful little six-year-old daughter that she faces a sheer cliff in terms of how the year ahead may look for her health? Little girls are supposed to be thinking about unicorns and mermaids, dragon slayers and princesses, not about whether their arms and legs will still move in a year’s time. Save Sandra is a gut-wrenching essay on the rare degenerative illness known as MLD (metachromatic leukodystrophy) and the complexity and politics around pharmaceutical giants in Europe. It is a David and Goliath story that will hold you rivetted with horror. Directed by Jan Verheven and Lien Willaert, it is available online and without cost, as part of the 8th European Film Festival South Africa, which runs from 14 until 24 October 2021. Bookings are open.

Magnificently filmed,…

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