An Angel at My Table

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-09-20

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

New Zealand, Australia, UK

Runtime:

158 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (4703 Reviews)

Director:

Jane Campion

Genres:

Biography Drama

Cast:

Kerry Fox Alexia Keogh Karen Fergusson Iris Churn

Writer:

Janet Frame (autobiographical books "To the Is-Land"

"An Angel at My Table" and "The Envoy from Mirror City")

Laura Jones (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1920s and 1930s New Zealand, Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different from the other kids. She gets an education as a teacher but since she is considered abnormal she stays at a mental institution for eight years. Success comes when she starts to write novels.

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