An Angel at My Table (1990)

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158 min - Biography | Drama - 20 September 1990 (Australia)

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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... See full summary »

Director:

Jane Campion

Writers:

Janet Frame (autobiographies To the Is-Land, An Angel at My Table and The Envoy from Mirror City), Laura Jones

Stars:

Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh and Karen Fergusson

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Kerry Fox	...	Janet Frame
	Alexia Keogh	...	Janet Frame as adolescent
	Karen Fergusson	...	Janet Frame as a teenager
	Iris Churn	...	Mother
	Jessie Mune	...	Baby Janet
	Kevin J. Wilson	...	Father
	Francesca Collins	...	Baby Jane
	Melina Bernecker	...	Myrtle
	Mark Morrison	...	Bruddie Frame as child
	Katherine Murray-Cowper	...	Young Isabel
	Mark Thomson	...	Billy Delaware
	Brenda Kendall	...	Miss Botting
	Paul Moffat	...	Dis McIvor
	Blair Hutchison	...	Bully Boy
	David McAuslan	...	Bully Boy

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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 is locked up in a mental institution for eight years. Success comes when she starts to write books. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>

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Biography | Drama

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Rated R for sensuality and language See all certifications »

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Country:

New Zealand | Australia | UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

20 September 1990 (Australia) See more »

Also Known As:

Un ángel en mi mesa See more »

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand See more »

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Gross:

$1,054,638 (USA)

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Production Co:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Channel Four Films, Hibiscus Films See more »

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Runtime:

158 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Kerry Fox gained two stone for her role as Janet Frame. She managed this by drinking liters of Coca-Cola, eating packets of chocolate biscuits and going on the pill. See more »

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Featured in "The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.14" (2011) See more »

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Excerpt from "September 1, 1939"
"In Memory of W.B. Yeats"
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