Bright Star 2009 PG

When

6.00pm, Fri 29 Jul 2022 (119 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

Bright Star will screen from an archival 35mm print.

Bright Star is a subtle, melancholy portrait of the final years of 19th Century poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his romance with the vibrant Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). In spite of their contrasting personalities and Keats’s embarrassment over his meagre income as a struggling poet, the relationship between the two gradually blossoms into devoted affection. The film is a refined and tender love story with immaculately realised period detail.

PG | Mild themes

Production Credits

  • Director/Script: Jane Campion
  • Based on: the Biography “Keats” by Andrew Motion
  • Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
  • Editor: Alexandre De Franceschi
  • Production Company: Pathé Renn, BBC Films, UK Film Council, Screen Australia
  • Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra
  • Rights: Roadshow Films
  • Year: 2009
  • Runtime: 119 minutes
  • Countries: Australia, France, United Kingdom
  • Languages: English, French
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Screening Format: 35mm