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Bright Star

2009 · 119 min

A slow, tender immersion into a doomed romance, rich with poetic longing and quiet heartbreak.

Directed by
Jane Campion
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
Jane Campion
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • class
  • art
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance9
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jane Campion
Written by
Jane Campion
Starring
Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Claudie Blakley, Gerard Monaco
Music
Mark Bradshaw
Cinematography
Greig Fraser
Runtime
119 min
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Languages
French, English

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