Cannes 2009’s Top 5 Items For Sale: Bright Star

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Written by Jane Campion, this is based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), which was cut short by Keats’ untimely death at age 25.

Bob Berney who is starting a new distribution label to be announced in Cannes has been rumored to have already pulled Bright Star off the shelf, if this isn’t the case I don’t expect a bidding war for the romantic period film, but a clutter of interested distribution heads ranging from SPC to Focus.

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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