A new HBO documentary illuminates the close bond shared by the late, great mother-daughter duo Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.
“Bright Lights” highlights the close bond between the two, who died within a day of each other last month.
In addition to Fisher and Reynolds, the doc–directed by Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom–focuses on key figures throughout their life, including spouse and father Eddie Fisher, son and brother filmmaker Todd Fisher, and longtime friend Griffin Dunne.
The film opens with Fisher, 60, carrying breakfast across their shared property to her mother, 84. The two live in separate houses on the same plot, which they affectionately call “the compound.”
“I usually come to her,” the Star Wars icons says, pausing. “I always come to her.”
“Lovey, I’m home!” Fisher calls out as she walks in, carrying a bowl of mac ‘n cheese–only to find her mother sitting on the floor, tinkering with her flip phone.
For much of the documentary, Reynolds sports a large bruise on her chin and mouth from a fall in the bathroom.
“Bright Lights” premiered Saturday night on HBO.
Fisher and Reynolds were laid to rest Friday in a joint-funeral at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.