Un angelo alla mia tavola (1990)
An Angel at My Table (1990)
Un angelo alla mia tavola
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand, Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 158 minutes
Released: 23 November 1990 (Italy)
User rating: 7,6 on 5.011
Directed by:
Jane Campion
Written by:
Janet Frame (autobiographical books "To the Is-Land", "An Angel at My Table" and "The Envoy from Mirror City"), Laura Jones (screenplay)
With:
Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson
Plot:
In 1920s and 1930s New Zealand, 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...
Plot:
In 1920s and 1930s New Zealand, 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 stays at a mental institution for eight years. Success comes when she starts to write novels.