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18/09/2009 Drama, Romance 1h 59m
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First love burns brightest.

Overview

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

  1. Jane Campion

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Abbie Cornish

    Fanny Brawne

  2. Ben Whishaw

    John Keats

  3. Paul Schneider

    Mr. Brown

  4. Kerry Fox

    Mrs. Brawne

  5. Edie Martin

    Toots

  6. Thomas Brodie-Sangster

    Samuel

  7. Claudie Blakley

    Maria Dilke

  8. Gerard Monaco

    Charles Dilke

  9. Antonia Campbell-Hughes

    Abigail

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-28
Bright Star is the rare biopic of an artist that actually provides some insight into its subject’s craft. Usually, a film about a writer, including such recent examples as To Olivia (Roald Dahl) and The Laureate (Robert Graves), will approach the creative process as 99-percent inspiration and 1-percent actual work – and sometimes not even that. Writing is taken as matter of course; poems come out straight out of the author’s mouth, fully formed like Athena emerging from Zeus’s forehead.

Bright Star doesn’t dismiss the notion of divine inspiration, but it does not tacitly take it f...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$14,374,652.00

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