Rent An Angel at My Table (1990)
3.8 of 5 from 136 ratings
2h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- "An Angel at My Table" is the internationally acclaimed second film by Oscar-winning director Jane Campion. It is an extraordinarily moving celebration of the life of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author, based on her autobiographical trilogy. The film follows Janet through her poor childhood in the depression and her growing fascination with literature; her painfully shy student days and subsequent treatment for misdiagnosed schizophrenia; and finally on her travels to Europe where she samples Bohemian life and achieves international success as a writer.
- Actors:
- Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Jessie Mune, Kevin J. Wilson, Francesca Collins, Melina Bernecker, Mark Morrison, Katherine Murray-Cowper, Mark Thomson, Brenda Kendall, Paul Moffat, Blair Hutchison, David McAuslan, Ailene Herring, Faye Flegg, Carla Hedgeman, Timothy Bartlett, Richard Mills
- Directors:
- Jane Campion
- Producers:
- Bridget Ikin
- Writers:
- Janet Frame, Laura Jones
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
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- Countries:
- New Zealand
- Awards:
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Reviews (5) of An Angel at My Table
An Angel At My Table - An Angel at My Table review by CP Customer
This film was laborious to watch. Being biographical, there was no plot, which in itself was not unexpected but the film just didn't take off. Any twists were obvious a mile off.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
An angel also in my screen - An Angel at My Table review by JD
I have never heard of Janet Frame or any of her books but I found this account of her life very moving. There are moments of beautifully acted grief and the sense of childhood pain is constant. I found the fairly obvious boot polish on her teeth, as an attempt to portray decay, a little distracting, but overall I recommend this as a moving biography.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Holding onto sanity - An Angel at My Table review by CH
A fairly harrowing account of the author’s youthful years and the mental breakdown that incarcerated her in an antipodean asylum. Whether these institutions were any worse than those anywhere else, it is hard to say. Electro convulsive treatment was routinely used (and still is , though not as routinely) and the pharmaceuticals may have been harsher and more primitive than those prescribed today. Quite how Janet Frame managed to emerge from this 8 year institutional psychiatric torpor with her writer’s spirit undefeated is the miracle of the film.
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