An Angel at My Table

Year: 1990

Country: New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK

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.The film tell a true-life story about Janet Frame who is the most excellent author in New Zealand. She must undergo poverty-stricken childhood, terrible time in a mental institution and then she finds the way to escape. Ultimately, She passes through difficult challenges to win fame in the world.

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