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An Angel at My Table
An Angel at My Table
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AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

Directed by Jane Campion
New Zealand, Australia, 1990
Biography, Drama

Synopsis

Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Janet Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Frame finds acclaim for her writing while in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.

Synopsis

Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Janet Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Frame finds acclaim for her writing while in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.

Our take

In her breakthrough feature, New Zealand’s Jane Campion brings to the screen a Künstlerroman in tribute to her much-overlooked compatriot, writer Janet Frame: a woman who’s unexpected win of a literary prize in 1951 saved her from a lobotomy. A film tripartite in structure, and immaculately told.