Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
The complexities of one of the most wonderfully eccentric mother-daughter relationships in Hollywood are lovingly illuminated in Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens’ charming dual portrait. Still performing a Las Vegas act at 83, Debbie Reynolds lives next door to her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who does her best to manage her personal anxiety over the toll her mother’s dedication is taking on her health in ways that are both poignant and hilarious.
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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty, in all its eccentricity. At 83 years old, grand dame Debbie Reynolds (star of Singin’ in the Rain) still performs a Las Vegas act, dressed in gold lamé. But performing takes its toll, and Debbie’s health suffers. This devastates her daughter, Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, whose response is both hilarious and heartrending. Carrie is helpless in the face of her mother’s determination that “the show must go on.” Through vintage family films, iconic old-world Hollywood history comes to life. Rich cinema vérité also takes us to into the heart of Beverly Hills today, where Carrie and Debbie live together. This is a film about show business, and bittersweet family love.