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The Bright Side starring Gemma-Leah Devereux releases in cinemas nationwide this August
15 Jun 2021 : News Desk
The Bright Side
Break Out Pictures has announced that The Bright Side will be available to Irish audiences in cinemas nationwide on August 20th.

Inspired by Anne Gildea’s best-selling memoir I’ve Got Cancer, What’s Your Excuse? The Bright Side is a fresh new dramedy about the healing power of love, laughter, and friendship.

“It was an absolute joy to make such a personal film as The Bright Side,” said Director Ruth Meehan, when speaking about the upcoming release. It has nurtured, inspired, and entertained me in a dark time. I am delighted to have a chance to share it with Irish audiences on the big screen this summer where I hope it will do the same for them.” 

World-weary stand-up comedienne, Kate McLaughlin is in a dark place - she wants out. Her morbid prayers are answered in the form of a cancer diagnosis. To placate her family, she begrudgingly agrees to undergo chemotherapy. Armed with staggering levels of cynicism and a plethora of blackly comic jokes, Kate gets off to a bad start with four other women she encounters in the chemo ward; four women from all walks of Irish life, whose unsolicited friendships are perfectly designed to blow open her shut down heart. 

The Bright Side is a Playground Pictures production, directed by Ruth Meehan, written by Jean Pasley and Ruth Meehan.  It stars Gemma-Leah Devereux, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Siobhan Cullen, Derbhle Crotty, Barbara Brennan, Karen Egan and Kevin McGahern. It is produced by Tony Deegan with backing from Screen Ireland, RTE, and BAI.  

The Bright Side releases in Irish cinemas on August 20th.





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