Overview
Plot
Based on Janet Frame's autobiographies, this film follows the New Zealand writer through a poor childhood, family tragedies, and mental illness. Kerry Fox plays the adult Frame, whose writing gains acclaim while she is institutionalized.
- Directors
- Jane Campion
- Cast
- Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Jessie Mune, Kevin J. Wilson, Edith Campion, Francesca Collins, Melina Bernecker, Mark Morrison, Katherine Murray-Cowper, Mark Thomson, Brenda Kendall, Paul Moffat, Blair Hutchison, David McAuslan, Ailene Herring, Faye Flegg, Carla Hedgeman, Timothy Bartlett
- Country
- Australia, New Zealand
- Genre
- Drama, History
- Release date
- 1990-09-20
- Studios
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Television New Zealand, Hibiscus Films
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Drawing on New Zealand writer Janet Frame's autobiographical works, the production traces her life from an impoverished upbringing through the deaths of two siblings in her youth. Afflicted by mental and emotional troubles, Frame, portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, earns recognition for her writing while still in a mental institution, and that success helps her move forward.
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