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An Angel at My Table

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An Angel at My Table
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R,2hrs 37min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1990
Director:
Jane Campion
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson  ...more
Synopsis: New Zealand poet Janet Frame is the subject of Jane Campion's biographical drama, which presents a poetically evocative look at the authoress' turbulent life. The film begins with a look at Frame's childhood, showing her as a bright but odd-looking, emotionally fragile young girl with a knack for writing. Frame faces great difficulty in adapting to the conventional rural life around her, and her social awkwardness only worsens as she grows older. After she fails in her attempt to become a schoolteacher ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Originally commissioned as a miniseries for New Zealand television, Jane Campion's sophomore directorial effort is a sprawling adaptation of the memoirs of author and poet Janet Frame, whose budding talents as a young writer were squelched by her community's -- and at times, even her own -- conviction that she be institutionalized. The film is as much a chronicle of one woman's changing emotional ... Full Review
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Kerry Fox
Janet Frame
Alexia Keogh
Janet Frame, as a Child
Karen Fergusson
Janet Frame as a child
Iris Churn
Mother
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