The Return of the Campion

One of the buzziest films to screen at the Cannes Film Festival this year is Jane Campion’s Bright Star, a period piece about the unconsummated two-year romance between 23-year-old tubercular poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his 18-year-old neighbor, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish):



Bright Star is set to debut in September at the Toronto International Film Festival before beginning its quest for Oscar gold later this year.