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‘Sunny Dancer’ director George Jaques on avoiding cancer cliches: “I wanted to make a film about joy”

By 2026-02-13T06:00:00

George Jaques and Bella Ramsey on location in Scotland for 'Sunny Dancer'

Source: Colin J Smith / Sunny Dancer / Distribution Limited

I said, ‘I’m not going to do any long, drawn-out hospital scenes. I’m not going to have any bald kids. I’m going to make this feral’”

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