Review of The Bright Side

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Robyn Sassen
FRIENDS come and go, but chemo friends stay for the long haul. Kate (Gemma-Leah Devereux) and Tracy (Siobhan Cullen) on a fly-fishing jaunt in ‘The Bright Side’, an Irish film directed by Ruth Meehan, on this year’s European Film Festival South Africa. Photograph courtesy twitter.com

WHEN LIFE KICKS you hard in the proverbial teeth and you don’t know which way to turn, who do you become? This is an idea developed by Ruth Meehan, in The Bright Side. More than an essay on breast cancer, this is a sassy, sarky and oft sweet tale about surviving at all costs. It’s a hard-hitting, but generally soft-landing story about friendship and the power of being you, in the face of unknown devils that might lurk around the next corner. 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.

When you first meet Kate (Gemma-Leah Devereux), she’s auditioning for a toilet paper…

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