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"An Angel at My Table" is EXTREMELY rare on DVD, probably because it is very unique. It is an inspirational story, though, and it is a shame that it isn't commonly available. By customer requests, we have found a Region Free Version to make available to customers everywhere. Yes, this is the complete trilogy that won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
An Angel At My Table - directed by Jane Campion
The Complete Trilogy based on the autobiographies of Janet Frame
Includes 6 Deleted Scenes
This extraordinary film is based on the life of Janet Frame, an introverted, sensitive girl who was later misdiagnosed as schizophrenic and spent eight years in a psychiatric hospital. She would later become one of New Zealand's most celebrated poets and novelists, publishing her first books while she was still confined to a mental ward. She had endured over 200 electroshock treatments and had almost been lobotomized by careless physicians who took no time to understand that she was merely awkward and shy and suffered from little more than routine depression.
From a solid screenplay by Laura Jones, director Jane Campion (The Piano) tells this story without soapy melodrama, but rather as an exploration of a challenged creative spirit--a journey into a writer's mind, exploring the power of imagination as a mechanism of survival and self-defense. Three talented actors play Janet Frame at different ages throughout the film, with Kerry Fox giving a powerful performance as the young-adult Janet, whose own skill and creative tenacity would prove to be her salvation. Frightening, harrowing, and ultimately a source of humanistic enlightenment, An Angel at My Table (titled after Frame's autobiography) is a film you won't soon forget.
Directed By:
Jane Campion
Special Features:
6 Deleted Scenes:
(3 minutes, 21 seconds - "Outside Toilet", "Skipping", "Princess and the Frog", "On the Train", "Collision London", "Janet Meets Woman in Mountains")
Theatrical Trailer - (1 min 44 seconds, Widescreen)
Writing credits
Janet Frame
(autobiographies To the Is-Land, An Angel at My Table and The Envoy from Mirror City)
Techical Details:
2 hr 31 min 25 sec runtime (CONFIRMED)
Fullscreen
Dolby Digital AC-3 English
Great Interactive Chapter Menu Selection
This DVD is "Region Free PAL" which means there is no Regional Coding to Prevent Playback anywhere in the world including Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, and Region 4. If you are in the US or Canada and you have a player that doesn't automatically convert PAL to NTSC on your TV, we strongly urge you to contact us at 513-943-4771 prior to purchasing. Even a low-end Apex brand player available at general stores everywhere will play this DVD fine, but some "high end" players may not. Please check out our educational page "DVD 101" within our store for a simple explanation of all possible DVD compatibility issues relating to rare imports.
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