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London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats's younger brother that drew them together. Keats was touched by Fanny's efforts to help and agreed to teach her poetry. By the time Fanny's alarmed mother and Keats's best friend Brown realized their attachment, the relationship had an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers were swept into powerful new sensations, "I have the feeling as if I were dissolving", Keats wrote to her. Together they rode a wave of romantic obsession that deepened as their troubles mounted. Only Keats's illness proved insurmountable.

Production
Pathé Renn Productions [fr](presents) (as Pathe); Screen Australia [au](presents); BBC Films [gb](presents); UK Film Council [gb](presents); New South Wales Film & Television Office [au](in association with) (as New South Wales Film and Television Office); Hopscotch Productions [au](as Hopscotch International) (in association with); Jan Chapman Pictures [au](as A Jan Chapman Production); Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) [au](uncredited);

Cast Names
Will Garthwaite; Sam Gaukroger; Guy Mannerings; Joyia Fitch; Abbie Cornish; Ben Whishaw; Paul Schneider; Kerry Fox; Edie Martin; Thomas Sangster; Claudie Blakley; Gerard Monaco; Antonia Campbell-Hughes; Samuel Roukin; Amanda Hale; Lucinda Raikes; Samuel Barnett; Jonathan Aris; Olly Alexander; François Testory; Theresa Watson; Vincent Franklin; Eileen Davies; Roger Ashton-Griffiths; Sally Reeve; Sebastian Armesto; Adrian Schiller; Alfred Harmsworth; Lucas Motion; Topper;

Box Office
USD 4,444,637

Release Date
2009-09-01 * (Telluride Film Festival)
2009-09-18 (limited)
2010-01-26 (DVD premiere)

Genres
Biography; Drama; Romance;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG for thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking.

Running Time
1 hr. 59 min.

Director
Jane Campion

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