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Bright Star

First love burns brightest.

6.6(494)20091h 59m6

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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Status
Released
Budget
$10M
Box office
$14.4M
Language
French
  • london, england
  • poet
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • woman director
  • 19th century
  • john keats

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Behind the camera

Director

Jane Campion

Produced in

Australia, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival7 Sept 2009
    • Theatrical (limited)18 Sept 2009
    • TheatricalPG9 Oct 2009
    • Physical26 Jan 2010
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival19 Oct 2009
    • TheatricalPG5 Nov 2009
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical26 Dec 2009
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereGToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2009
    • Theatrical (limited)G25 Sept 2009
  • BelgiumBE

    • PremiereGhent International Film Festival7 Oct 2009
    • Theatrical149 Dec 2009
  • FinlandFI

    • PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival27 Sept 2009
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival15 May 2009
    • Theatrical6 Jan 2010
    • PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray19 May 2010
    • Digital / OTTVOD1 Jan 2016
    • Digital / OTT10Netflix1 Dec 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical624 Dec 2009
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG6 Nov 2009
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical11 Jun 2010
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1215 Oct 2009
  • New ZealandNZ

    • PremiereAuckland International Film Festival9 Jul 2009

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Bright Star was released on 18 September 2009.

Audience reviews

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    Andres Gomez

    11/5/2014

    6/10

    Good performances from Cornish, Whishaw and Schneider for a folks and costums movie. You will enjoy it if you like the genre. If not ... well, probably it would be a slow and dull romantic drama for you.

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    tmdb28039023

    8/28/2022

    4/10

    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 …

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