# Bright Star (2009)

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**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Jane Campion
**Written by**: Jane Campion, Andrew Motion
**Starring**: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

> *First love burns brightest.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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