Closing Film 2009 / Director: Jane Campion
Bright Star
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness.
– JOHN KEATS, ENDYMION
”Bright Star” deftly avoids the stilted, starchy quality often found in lesser period dramas. Characters appear comfortable in their clothes and settings, the dialogue fl ows easily from their lips and there is a quiet, everyday intimacy to the way events unfold. We are invited into this world rather than kept at arm’s length because nothing jars or seems out of place. The keen attention to detail is never obtrusive but instead creates a complete, credible universe.
– ALLAN HUNTER, SCREEN DAILY
Australia, United Kingdom, France (2009)
Duration: 120 min
Dialogue: English
Duration: 120 min
Dialogue: English
