An Angel at My Table
An Angel at My Table
Réalisation:
Jane CampionScénario:
Laura JonesPhotographie:
Stuart DryburghMusique:
Don McGlashanActeurs·trices:
Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Brenda Kendall, Willa O'Neill, Alison Bruce, Edith Campion, Martyn Sanderson, Kevin J. Wilson (plus)Résumés(1)
Issue d’une famille nombreuse très pauvre, Janet Frame est une enfant singulière. Complexée, elle se réfugie dans la littérature et rêve d’enseigner. Après une tentative de suicide, Janet est enfermée dans un hôpital psychiatrique, où elle est diagnostiquée schizophrène. Se raccrochant alors à l’écriture, elle réussit à publier son premier recueil de nouvelles. (LaCinetek)
(plus)Critiques (2)
A beautiful and elegant film. The story is divided into three parts, the second of which, set mostly in a mental hospital, is truly gripping. I have some reservations with they other parts, they are tedious. The whole film could easily fit into two hours without the story suffering.
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Let's be honest and point out that modern New Zealand literature is not a very prominent topic in the Czech Republic. Janet Frame's books have not yet been translated, but that makes it all the more enjoyable to listen to her film biography. Jane Campion's finesse and refined taste take us through three chapters of her life, which has everything - anchoring in her family, growing up, the many missteps of the 20th century in a nutshell, and above it all, her faith in people. I'm very glad I wandered into the Kiwi Film Fest.
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