BRIGHT SIDE
THE
A Film by Ruth Meehan
Dedicated to warrior women everywhere
WHEN LIFE LET´S HER DOWN, ONLY LOVE CAN LIFT HER UP
'Emotional, stirring, touching'
Entertainment.ie
'A stonkingly good film'
Newstalk
'A hell of an achievement '
RTE Radio
'Funny, touching and true'
Sunday World
'Will give your soul the metaphorical hug it needs'
Image Magazine
'Round up your best girlfriends and
book a date now'
Woman´s Way
WINNER
Cork International
Film Festival
Audience Award
2020
JURY AWARD
BEST FEATURE
Honourable Mention
Sonoma International
Film Festival
2021
NOMINATED
Best Film
Prague International
Film Festival
2021
WATCH THE TRAILER
T H E S T O R Y
Kate (Gemma-Leah Devereux) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in a scene from the movie
World weary, Dublin stand up comedienne, Kate McLoughlin is at breaking point. Her will to live
is waning. When her morbid prayers are answered in the form of a cancer diagnosis, little does she know that getting out of this life is going to prove a lot more difficult that she thinks. To placate her family, she begrudgingly agrees to undergo chemotherapy.
Armed with staggering levels of cynicism and a plethora of blackly comic jokes, her exit strategies are constantly upended when she encounters four powerful women whose unsolicited friendships challenge her, soften her and ultimately blow open her shut down heart.
THE REVIEWS
“Ruth Meehan’s
film is a
pleasant dramedy, rich in brilliant moments, and able to treat a delicate topic with depth & courage”
“A brave and ultimately rewarding approach to the subject of cancer. The film plays like a merrier version of One Flew over the Cuckoo´s Nest”
Donald Clarke
Irish Times
“A
moving dramedy
about the
power
of love,
laughter and
friendship”
Meg Walker
Image Magazine
CAST & CREW
Gemma-Leah Devereux
Siobhan Cullen
Karen Egan
Barbara Brennan
Derbhle Crotty
Kevin McGahern
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Director of Photography JJ Rolfe, Editor Colin Campbell,
Production Designer Mark Kelly, Casting Director Amy Rowan,
Costume Designer Aisling Wallace Byrne,
Original Music by Stephen Rennicks, Sound Design Frank Delaney,
Line -Producer Michael Walsh, Executive Producer Paul Donovan
Inspired by a memoir by Anne Gildea
Written by Jean Pasley & Ruth Meehan
Produced by Tony Deegan
Directed by Ruth Meehan
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Ruth Meehan
´´This film is inspired by a combination of Anne Gildea’s honest and irreverent account of her journey through cancer and my own personal experience of the surprisingly, life enhancing cathartic power of loss and grief.
It was an absolute joy to make such a personal film as The Bright Side. It has nurtured, inspired and entertained me in a dark time.
I am delighted to have a chance to share it with audiences around the world where I hope it will do the same for them``
Ruth
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