Bright Star

Year

2009

Duration

116 minutes

Genres

Period and Historical

Language

English

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John Keats was the brilliant early 19th century poet who died at 25 and became infamous in the process. Bright Star is about his love for Fanny Brawne, the beautiful, confident and talented daughter of his landlady. If you've ever struggled to understand the appeal of poetry, this intense love story is a great way to discover how it can be urgent and exciting rather than stuffy and obscure.

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Jane Campion

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Classification

Contains infrequent mild sex references and one suicide reference.

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