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Bright Star (film)
Bright Star
is a
2009
British-French-Australian
biographical fiction
romantic drama film
based on the last three years of the life of poet
John Keats
and his romantic relationship with
Fanny Brawne
. It stars
Ben Whishaw
as Keats and
Abbie Cornish
as Fanny. It was directed by
Jane Campion
, who wrote the screenplay inspired by
Andrew Motion
's biography of Keats; Motion served as a script consultant on the film. The film was in the main competition at the
62nd Cannes Film Festival
, and was first shown to the public on 15 May 2009. The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats titled "
Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art
", which he wrote while he was with Brawne.
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