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.
Release Date: 20 September 1990Runtime: 158 min
Stars:
- Alexia Keogh
- Blair Hutchison
- Brenda Kendall
- David McAuslan
- Francesca Collins
- Iris Churn
- Jessie Mune
- Karen Fergusson
- Katherine Murray-Cowper
- Kerry Fox
- Kevin J. Wilson
- Mark Morrison
- Mark Thomson
- Melina Bernecker
- Paul Moffat
Director: Jane Campion
