An Angel at My Table
An Angel at My Table is a 1990 New ZealandAustralianBritish film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frames three autobiographies, To the IsLand 1982, An Angel at My Table 1984, and The Envoy from Mirror City 1984. The film was very well received, winning multiple awards including at the New Zealand Film and Television awards, the Toronto International Film Festival and received second prize at the Venice Film Festival.
An Angel at My Table was the first film from New Zealand to be screened at the Venice Film Festival, where it received multiple standing ovations and was awarded the Grand Special Jury Prize despite evoking yells of protest that it did not win The Golden Lion. In addition to virtually sweeping the local New Zealand film awards, it also took home the prize for best foreign film at the Independent Spirit Awards and the International Critics Award at the Toronto Film Festival. The film not only established Jane Campion as an emerging director and launched the career of Kerry Fox, but it also introduced a broader audience to Janet Frames writing.Roger Ebert gave the filmout ofstars, stating The film tells its story calmly and with great attention to human detail and, watching it, I found myself drawn in with a rare intensity. The film also received praise in The Guardian where Derek Malcolm called it one of the very best films of the year. The Sydney Morning Herald described the film as deeply moving and visionary while Variety described it as being totally absorbing. ........
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