An Angel at My Table | |
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Directed by | Jane Campion |
Screenplay by | Laura Jones |
Based on | To the Is-Land by Janet Frame An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame The Envoy from Mirror City by Janet Frame |
Produced by | John Maynard Bridget Ikin |
Starring | Kerry Fox |
Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
Edited by | Veronika Jenet |
Music by | Don McGlashan |
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Distributed by | Sharmill Films (Australia) Artificial Eye (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
Countries | New Zealand Australia United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | NZ$569,000 (New Zealand)[1] $1,054,638 (US and Canada)[2] |
An Angel at My Table is a 1990 biographical drama film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, To the Is-Land (1982), An Angel at My Table (1984), and The Envoy from Mirror City (1984).[3] The film was very well received. It won awards at the New Zealand Film and Television awards, the Toronto International Film Festival, and second prize at the Venice Film Festival.[4]