IMDB: 7.5 September 20, 1990 158 min Drama, Biography Australia New Zealand Jane Campion Kerry Fox , Alexia Keogh , Karen Fergusson , Iris Churn , Jessie Mune
An Angel at My Table: 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.