AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE
by Jane Campion, Fiction, 156', 1990, 35mm, NEW-ZEALAND
With Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Ferguson, Iris Churn, Kevin J. Wilson

The life story of the famous New Zealand author Janet Frame. Her childhood is marked by tragic events, two of her three sisters drown in separate incidents and her
only brother suffered from epilepsy. Janet takes refuge in reading. On her own and after a suicide attempt, she voluntarily commits herself to a psychiatric hospital for eight years, while starting to write and acquire growing notoriety.

JANE CAMPION
Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1954, Jane Campion is a leading auteur director. She graduated in Anthropology. After some experiments in theatre, she is admitted at AFTRS, a famous Australian cinema school. In 1975, she travels to Europe and studies at the London Collage of Arts. Engaged by ABC TV (Australia), she directs an episode of Dancing Daze, before directing her first feature film: Two Friends (1986). Sweetie (1989), An Angel at My Table (1990) insured her first success and with The Piano (1992) she becomes the first (and only to date…) female recipient of the Palme d’or award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and Holy Smoke
(1999) confirm her great talent. Retrospective of her films at Créteil in 1999.