An Angel at My Table
Cast: Kerry Fox (Janet Frame), Alexia Keogh (Janet Frame as adolescent), Karen Fergusson (Janet Frame as a teenager), Iris Churn (Mother), Jessie Mune (Baby Janet), Kevin J. Wilson (Father), Francesca Collins (Baby Jane), Melina Bernecker (Myrtle), Mark Morrison (Bruddie Frame as child), Katherine Murray-Cowper (Young Isabel), Mark Thomson (Billy Delaware), Brenda Kendall (Miss Botting), Paul Moffat (Dis McIvor), Blair Hutchison (Bully Boy), David McAuslan (Bully Boy), Ailene Herring (Teacher), Faye Flegg (Doctor), Carla Hedgeman (Young Poppy), Timothy Bartlett (Gussy Dymock), Richard Mills (Talent Scout), Sassy Acorn (Audition Girl), Tony Creamer (Audition Boy), Hamish McFarlane (Avril Luxon), Geoff Barlow (Headmaster), Samantha Townsley (Teenage Isabel), Sarah Llewellyn (June Frame as Child), Christopher Lawrence (Bruddie Frame as Teen), Edith Campion (Miss Lindsay), Fiona Kay (Marguerite), Brian Flegg (Doctor), Eileen Clark (Neighbor), Margaret Gordon (Neighbor), Caroline Somerville (Poppy as teen), Lilian Enting (Miss Crowe), Fiona Brown (Shirley), Maureen Duffy (Miss Farnie), Karla Smith (Sybil), Willa O'Neill (Edith), Fritha Stalker (Bridget), Melanie Reid (Melanie), Natasha Gray (Lesley), Kelly Stewart (Rose), Andrew Robertt (Bruddie (as Andrew Binns)), Glynis Angell (Isabel), Susan McGregor (June Frame as teen), Erin Mills (Katherine), Virginia Brocklehurst (Rona), Natalie Ellis (Aunt Isy), Eddie Hegan (Uncle George), Sarah Smuts-Kennedy (June), Colin McColl (John Forrest), Erin Dorricott (Eunice), Francene Clark (Mary), Doreen Donnell (Teacher), Alistair Douglas (Headmaster), Rod Collison (Mr. Niles), Harry Lavington (Head of Psychology), Sheryl Stewart (Nurse Maitland), Cushla Ashton (Borstal Girl), Jacqueline O'Rourke (Borstal Girl), Joy Trow (Woman on Platform), June Shane (Neighbour), Annabelle Lomas (Mrs. Chandler), Ann Coc-Kroft (Nurse), David Stott (Doctor), Elizabeth McRae (Nurse), Jim Rawdon (Wilson), Peter Brunt (Dr. Burt), Celia Nicholson (Piona), Peter Needham (Dr. Palmer), Joshua Cole (June and Wilson's Child), Ian Hendl (June and Wilson's Child), Martyn Sanderson (Frank Sargeson), Jessica Wilcox (Kay Stead), Mark Clare (Karl Stead), Helene Anderson (Norwegian Woman), Joan Foster (Hotel Manageress), David Letch (Patrick), Rob Jayne (Ben), Sharon Marsden (Katie), Colette Cooper (Bohemian), Paul Norell (Bohemian), Julia Calvo (Spanish Woman on Train), Carlos Martínez (Spanish Official), Maria Matias (Spanish Woman), Michael Harry (Colin), Maria Mercedes Moroto (Catalina), Paula Sánchez (Francesca), Timothy Smith (Edwin Mather), Alison Bruce (Dora), William Brandt (Bernhard), Gwyneth Hugues (Matron), Gerald Bryan (Dr. Cawley), Billie Atkinson (Mrs. Morgan), Peter Dennett (Mark Goulden), David McKenzie (Alan Sillitoe), Eleanor Wragge (Ruth Sillitoe), Caroline Flint (Mrs. Goulden), Rachel Hernandez (Columba), Patrick Griffiths (Reporter), Collette Cooper (Collette), Jack Dacey (Extra in games scene in room (uncredited)), Melissa Dawson ((uncredited))
Keywords: Female Nudity, Female Frontal Nudity, Female Director, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Author, Bath, Insanity, Teaching, Skinny Dipping, Writer, Based On Autobiography, Independent Film, Based On Novel
Summary: Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different than the other kids. She gets an education as a teacher but since she is considered abnormal she is locked up in a mental institution for eight years. Success comes when she starts to write books.
Release Date: Wednesday, September 5, 1990
Gross: $1,054,638
Rating: 7.4
Votes: 2,423
References: Gone with the Wind
Reviews: Filmcritic