If you loved An Angel at My Table, try Bright Star
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Jane Campion, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to An Angel at My Table, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Bright Star is
Even in Regency England some poets just couldn’t afford to flirt. Fanny Brawne’s fascination with the brooding John Keats begins when she reads his book and won’t stop. The film settles for making Keats look good while saying very little about Brawne.

