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Synopsis

An Angel at My Table, directed by Jane Campion, is a film about Janet Frame, renowned author of NZ literary taonga. Based on Frame's three-part autobiography, it threads together a series of images and scenes evoking and telling Frame's dramatic life story. Originally made as a television drama, the acclaimed and richly-visual film established Jane Campion as an international director, launched the career of actress Kerry Fox, and introduced a broader audience to the "mirror city" of Frame's writing.

Background

Background to An Angel at My Table by Mary-Jane Duffy 19.09.2008

An Angel at My Table (1990) saw Jane Campion direct an adaptation of the three volumes of Janet Frame's autobiography (To the ...

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 The Janet Frame Collection

Awards

1990 NZ Film Awards
Best Film
Best Director (Jane Campion)
Best Screenwriting (Laura Jones)
Best Cinematography (Stuart Drysburgh)
Best Female Performance (Kerry Fox)
Best Supporting Role (Martyn Sanderson)