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Bright Star (2009)
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This bittersweet love story from The Piano director Jane Campion reveals the inspiration behind some of the finest work of English Romantic John Keats, played here by a misty-eyed Ben Whishaw (Perfume: the Story of a Murderer, Brideshead Revisited). The film picks up on the poet's life when the tubercular 23-year-old is living in Hampstead, where his creative juices are reanimated by teenager Fanny Brawne (portrayed by a stern Abbie Cornish), who lives next door. A artistic talent herself — only in the area of fashion — the headstrong Brawne soon becomes a muse for the ailing Keats and an intense relationship is initiated. But the poet's ill-health casts a gloom over the picture-perfect romance, while his disapproving room-mate Charles Brown (Paul Schneider) also adds a touch of menace. There's a spellbinding, painterly quality to the way Campion depicts the changing seasons (between 1819 and 1820) and it sets a mood that complements the poet's vivid and sensuous style. SP
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Running time
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118min
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Country of origin
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UK / Aus
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Genre
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Romantic Drama based on a true story
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Jane Campion
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Theatrical distributor
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Pathé
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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November 2009
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