An Angel at My Table
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An Angel at My Table is a 1990 drama film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, To the Is-Land (1982), An Angel at My Table (1984), and The Envoy from Mirror City (1984). The film was very well received, winning multiple awards including at the New Zealand Film and Television awards, the Toronto International Film Festival and received second prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Synopsis
An Angel at My Table is a dramatisation of the autobiographies of New Zealand author Janet Frame. Originally produced as a television mini-series, the film, as with Frame's autobiographies, is divided into three sections, with the lead role played by three actresses who portray Frame at different stages of her life: Karen Fergusson (child), Alexia Keogh (adolescent), and Kerry Fox (adult). The film follows Frame from when she grows up in a poor family, through her years in a mental institution, and into her writing years after her escape.
Cast
- Kerry Fox as Janet Frame (adult)
- Alexia Keogh as Janet Frame (adolescent)
- Karen Fergusson as Janet Frame (child)
- Iris Churn as Mother
- Kevin J. Wilson as Father
- Melina Bernecker as Myrtle
- Glynis Angell as Isabel
- Mark Morrison as Bruddie Frame (child)
- Sarah Llewellyn as June Frame (child)
- Natasha Gray as Leslie
- Brenda Kendall as Miss Botting
- Martyn Sanderson as Frank Sargeson
