Director
Jane Campion
Leading Actors/Actresses
Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster
Genre
drama, romance, biographical
Language
English
Awards
The movie was nominated for several awards including The Academy Award and the AACTA where it one the award for best production design.
Date of Release
15th of May 2009
Producer
Jane Chapman
Setting and Context
London, 1818
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person limited point of view
Tone and Mood
Gloomy
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Fanny Brawne; Antagonist: separation and death
Major Conflict
Fanny Brawne meets a young and up and coming poet John Keats through mutual acquaintances and her interest for him grows by the day.
Climax
Fanny and John spend a night together in grief because of their separation and the probability that they will never see each other again. They wordlessly part before he sets off to Italy,
Foreshadowing
The night before his travel to Italy, John tells Fanny that they might never see each other again and wants her to try to accept that truth. He foreshadows his death in Italy.
Understatement
And he said, "Abigail, even the Bible is not so dull as you might believe."
-Abigail
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The movie draws from the real biographical events of John Keats.
Paradox
"Touch has a memory."
-John Keats
Parallelism
"Whose lips? Were they my lips?"
-Fanny Brawne
