"Based on the autobiographies of Janet Frame"

1990

2h 38m

7.0(176 votes)

Drama

Overview

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.

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102 members

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Kerry Fox

Janet Frame

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Alexia Keogh

Janet Frame as a child

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Karen Fergusson

Janet Frame as a teenager

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Iris Churn

Mother

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Jessie Mune

Janet Frame as a baby

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Kevin J. Wilson

Father

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Edith Campion

Miss Lindsay

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Francesca Collins

Baby Jane

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Melina Bernecker

Myrtle

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Mark Morrison

Bruddie Frame as child

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Katherine Murray-Cowper

Young Isabel

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Mark Thomson

Billy Delaware

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Brenda Kendall

Miss Botting

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Paul Moffat

Dis McIvor

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Blair Hutchison

Bully Boy

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David McAuslan

Bully Boy

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Ailene Herring

Teacher

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Faye Flegg

Doctor

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Carla Hedgeman

Young Poppy

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Timothy Bartlett

Gussy Dymock

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Richard Mills

Talent Scout

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Sassy Acorn

Audition girl

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Tony Creamer

Audition boy

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Hamish McFarlane

Avril Luxon

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Geoff Barlow

Headmaster

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Samantha Townsley

Teenage Isabel

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Sarah Llewellyn

June Frame as Child

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Christopher Lawrence

Bruddie Frame as Teen

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Fiona Kay

Marguerite

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Brian Flegg

Doctor

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Eileen Clarke

Neighbor

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Margaret Gordon

Neighbor

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Caroline Somerville

Poppy as teen

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Lilian Enting

Miss Crowe

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Fiona Brown

Shirley

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Maureen Duffy

Miss Farnie

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Karla Smith

Sybil

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Willa O'Neill

Edith

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Fritha Stalker

Bridget

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Melanie Reid

Melanie

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Natasha Gray

Lesley

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Kelly Stewart

Rose

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Andrew Robertt

Bruddie

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Glynis Angell

Isabel

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Susan McGregor

June Frame as teen

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Erin Mills

Katherine

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Virginia Brocklehurst

Rona

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Natalie Ellis

Aunt Isy

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Eddie Hegan

Uncle George

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Sarah Smuts-Kennedy

June

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Colin McColl

John Forrest

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Erin Dorricott

Eunice

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Francene Clark

Mary

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Doreen Donnell

Teacher

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Alistair Douglas

Headmaster

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Rod Collison

Mr. Niles

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Harry Lavington

Head of Psychology

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Sheryl Stewart

Nurse Maitland

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Cushla Ashton

Borstal Girl

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Jacqueline O'Rourke

Borstal girl

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Joy Trow

Woman on platform

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June Shane

Neighbor

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Annabel Lomas

Mrs. Chandler

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Ann Coc-Kroft

Nurse

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David Stott

Doctor

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Elizabeth McRae

Nurse

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Jim Rawdon

Wilson

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Peter Brunt

Dr. Burt

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Celia Nicholson

Piona

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Peter Needham

Dr. Palmer

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Joshua Cole

June and Wilson's Child

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Ian Hendl

June and Wilson's Child

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Martyn Sanderson

Frank Sargeson

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Jessica Wilcox

Kay Stead

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Mark Clare

Karl Stead

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Helene Anderson

Norwegian Woman

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Joan Foster

Hotel Manageress

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David Letch

Patrick

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Robert Jayne

Ben

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Sharon Marsden

Katie

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Collette Cooper

Bohemian

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Julia Calvo

Spanish woman on train

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Carlos Martínez

Spanish Official

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Maria Matias

Spanish woman

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Michael Harry

Colin

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Maria Mercedes Moroto

Catalina

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Paula Sánchez

Francesca

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Timothy Smith

Edwin Mather

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Alison Bruce

Dora

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William Brandt

Bernhard

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Gwyneth Hugues

Matron

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Gerald Bryan

Dr. Cawley

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Billie Atkinson

Mrs. Morgan

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Peter Dennett

Mark Goulden

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David McKenzie

Alan Sillitoe

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Eleanor Wragge

Ruth Sillitoe

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Caroline Flint

Mrs. Goulden

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Rachel Hernandez

Columba

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Patrick Griffiths

Reporter

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Tiffany de Castro

Actress

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Ruth Dudding

School Teacher

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Paul Norell

Bohemian

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