Description:
With An Angel at My Table, Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Jane Campion brings to the screen the harrowing true story of Janet Frame, New Zealand’s most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, international literary fame. Beautifully capturing the color and power of the New Zealand landscape, the film earned Campion a sweep of her country’s film awards and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Special Features:
- New high-definition digital transfer supervised by the director of photography Stuart Dryburgh and approved by director Jane Campion
- New Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Campion and Stuart Dryburgh
- A documentary about the making of An Angel at My Table
- Theatrical trailer
- Audio interview with Janet Frame, from 1983
- A new essay by film critic Amy Taubin and reprinted excerpts from Frame’s autobiography, which formed the basis of the film
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing