---
title: 'Bright Star (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jane Campion'
released: '2009-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bright-star-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bright Star (2009)

2009 · 119 min · Drama, History, Romance · Australia, United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

Bright Star is a 2009 biographical romantic drama film, written and directed by Jane Campion. It is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. Campion's screenplay was inspired by a 1997 biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jane Campion](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-campion)
- **Screenplay:** [Jane Campion](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-campion)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Bradshaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-bradshaw)
- **Producer:** [Jan Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-chapman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Greig Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/greig-fraser)

## Cast

- [Abbie Cornish](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbie-cornish) as Fanny Brawne
- [Sebastian Armesto](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-armesto)
- [Paul Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schneider-2) as Charles Armitage Brown
- [Roger Ashton-Griffiths](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-ashton-griffiths)
- [Thomas Brodie-Sangster](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-brodie-sangster) as Samuel Brawne
- [Jonathan Aris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-aris) as Leigh Hunt
- [Antonia Campbell-Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonia-campbell-hughes) as Abigail O'Donaghue Brown
- [Adrian Schiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-schiller)
- [Claudie Blakley](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudie-blakley) as Mrs Dilke
- [Kerry Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerry-fox) as Fanny's mother
- [Olly Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/olly-alexander) as Tom Keats
- [Samuel Roukin](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-roukin) as John Hamilton Reynolds
- [Amanda Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-hale) as Reynolds' Sister
- [Ben Whishaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-whishaw) as John Keats
- [Gerard Monaco](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-monaco) as Charles Wentworth Dilke

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://www.brightstarthemovie.co.uk//
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bright-star-2009
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1190988); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.