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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.
Original Release
09/20/1990
US Release
05/19/1991
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kerry Fox | Janet Frame / Janet |
| Alexia Keogh | Young Janet / Janet Frame as a child |
| Karen Fergusson | Janet Frame as a teenager / Teenage Janet |
| Iris Churn | Mother |
| Jessie Mune | Baby Janet / Janet Frame as a baby |
| Kevin J. Wilson | Father |
| Francesca Collins | Baby Jane |
| Melina Bernecker | Myrtle |
| Mark Morrison | Bruddie Frame as child / Young Bruddie |
| Katherine Murray-Cowper | Young Isabel |
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kerry Fox | Janet Frame / Janet |
| Alexia Keogh | Young Janet / Janet Frame as a child |
| Karen Fergusson | Janet Frame as a teenager / Teenage Janet |
| Iris Churn | Mother |
| Jessie Mune | Baby Janet / Janet Frame as a baby |
| Kevin J. Wilson | Father |
| Francesca Collins | Baby Jane |
| Melina Bernecker | Myrtle |
| Mark Morrison | Bruddie Frame as child / Young Bruddie |
| Katherine Murray-Cowper | Young Isabel |
| 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 |
| Timothy Bartlett | Gussy Dymock |
| Richard Mills | Talent Scout |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Bridget Ikin | Producer |
| John Maynard | Producer |
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