Join Jnetics for an exclusive cinema screening of ‘Love, Danielle’, a powerful and moving film inspired by true events, followed by a Q&A with experts on the NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme.
Synopsis:
Love, Danielle follows the emotional journey of a happily married woman in her thirties who tests positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation. Amid family drama and dysfunction, Danielle must decide whether or not to remove her breasts and ovaries to reduce her cancer risk.
Early bird tickets are now available for £22.50 until 31st July.
Date: Wednesday 10th September 2025
Location: North London Cinema
Time: 19:15
Spaces are limited — don’t miss out!
When Danielle, a happily married thirty-something, tests positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation, she learns that this puts her at a very high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Thanks a lot, DNA. She now struggles with daily life, working at her bakery with her hubby Pat and hanging out with her clueless best buds on game night. Her older, smart-alecky sister Amy is already undergoing chemotherapy for a breast cancer diagnosis. Danielle now contemplates pre-emptively removing her “ticking time bomb” breasts and reproductive organs before cancer gets her, too. Her decision-making process involves flashbacks of her screwed up childhood with absent parents, bizarre anaesthesia-induced dreams, and toxic confrontations with her recovering alcoholic mother and self-absorbed 70’s TV star father. Ultimately, Danielle must figure out how to prioritize her health and well-being by putting herself first.
Devin Sidell, who plays Danielle, is BRCA-1 positive and underwent a preventative oophorectomy/hysterectomy in November 2016 while her older sister was undergoing chemotherapy for Triple-Negative, Stage 2B breast cancer.
Sidell’s mother survived Stage 3C ovarian cancer in 1994 as well as breast cancer in 2012. Her mother’s sister passed away from ovarian cancer in 1996.
In December 2017, Sidell opted to undergo a preventative double-mastectomy. Before her reconstruction surgery, she shot footage for the film that openly exhibits her scars and expanders so that the audience can truly get a feeling for what a difficult decision this is and how the aftermath honestly looks.
