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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.
This is the bio of the great fiction writer, Janet Frame, based on her trio of autobiographical works. It covers her life in New Zealand as she grows up in a loving but poor family. Her relationship with her doting parents, one brother and three cherished sisters makeup the first part of the film. She was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia. The result of that diagnosis is portrayed in stark detail. The last third of the film covers Janets exploration of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim.
Kerry Fox
Janet
Alexia Keogh
Young Janet
Karen Fergusson
Teenage Janet
Iris Churn
Mother
Jessie Mune
Baby Janet
Kevin J. Wilson
Father
Francesca Collins
Baby Jane
Melina Bernecker
Myrtle
Mark Morrison
Young Bruddie
Katherine Murray-Cowper
Young Isabel Frame
Mark Thomson
Billy Delaware
Brenda Kendall
Miss Botting
Paul Moffat
Dis McIvor
Blair Hutchison
Bully Boy
David McAuslan
Bully Boy
Ailene Herring
Teacher
Faye Flegg
Doctor
Carla Hedgeman
Young Poppy
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