An Angel at My Table (1990)
- 7.5
- 158 mins
- Biography
Storyline
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.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords
new zealand, writer, based on autobiography, based on novel, outdoor sex, family relationships, skinny dipping, female nudity, female frontal nudity, author, based on true story, sex, f rated, mental illness, nude swimming, suicide attempt, camera shot of feet, female stockinged feet, girl, children
Short Review
Angel's clear-headedness and unadorned filmmaking makes it all the more powerful.
Trailer
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