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New Zealand poet Janet Frame is the subject of Jane Campion's biographical drama, which presents a poetically evocative look at the authoress' turbulent life. The film begins with a look at Frame's childhood, showing her as a bright but odd-looking, emotionally fragile young girl with a knack for writing. Frame faces great difficulty in adapting to the conventional rural life around her, and her social awkwardness only worsens as she grows older. After she fails in her attempt to become a
Dec 19, 1990 Wide
Sep 20, 2005
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Engaging biopic of the shy and introverted New Zealand writer/poet Janet Frame.
An Angel at My Table is, like many of Campion's films, a tale of the indomitability of the human spirit.
Anyone who can make a more than 2.5-hour biopic about a New Zealand writer feel as quick and fleet as this is clearly doing something extremely right.
Beautifully acted by Fox and splendidly lensed by Dryburgh, Campion's chronicle of novelist Jane Frame admirably steers clear of any biopicture thematic or visual cliche
radiantly beautiful filmmaking
Undoubtedly careful, tasteful filmmaking. But, then again, Janet Frame's writing could also be described as careful and tasteful.
Campion's knack for solitary yet paradoxically epic scope nibbles off Laura Jones's bite-sized scene-sketches of loneliness and makes entire meals of them.
A spiritually uplifting portrait of New Zealand poet and novelist Janet Frame.
It's certainly a good story, the character development is amazing, the acting, especially by Kerry Fox is great. It is touching, memorable and very well directed. The pacing is a bit slow for my taste though, still, a fine film.
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