Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
United States / 2016 / 94min / English / Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens 

On December 27, 2016 Hollywood starlet Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia, Star Wars) died. In a twist of strange fate, her famous actress mother Debbie Reynolds passed also, just two days later. Here is the story of a Hollywood mother and daughter duo which reveals an eccentric, complicated love. This hilarious and heart-wrenching film, is also an intimate portrait of an unique mother/daughter bond and the of times seething Hollywood royalty scene. Featuring vintage family films that bring iconic old-world Hollywood to life, as well as extensive vérité footage, 'Bright Lights' captures their unique chemistry, quicksilver wit and intelligence.

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