“gives new life to John Keats” Liz Moody, Empire Magazine
London 1818: Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is increasingly drawn to the handsome but aloof poet John Keats (a young Ben Whishaw). Writer-director Jane Campion (The Piano) received a Palme d’Or nomination for her understated yet deeply romantic literary drama.
“Bright Star deals with the sonnets and the bonnets with wit and restraint, and proves that a chaste romance needn’t lack for passion, or poetry.” Anthony Quinn, The Independent
