cast
- Kerry Fox
- Janet Frame
- Alexia Keogh
- Janet Frame, as a Child
- Karen Fergusson
- Janet Frame as a child
- Iris Churn
- Mother
- K.J. Wilson
- Dad
- Glynis Angell
- Isabel Frame
- Melina Bernecker
- Myrtle Frame
- William Brandt
- Bernard
- Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
- June Frame
- Colin McColl
- John Forrest
- Martyn Sanderson
- Frank Sargeson
- David Letch
- Patrick
- Peter Dennett
- Mark Goulden
- David McKenzie
- Alan Sillitoe
- Paul Sanchez
- Francesca
- Peter Needham
- Dr. Palmer
- Natalie Ellis
- Aunt Isy
- Eddie Hegan
- Uncle George
- Andrew Binns
- Bruddie
- Melanie Reid
- Melanie
- Willa O'Neill
- Edith
- Karla Smith
- Sybil
- Edith Campion
- Miss Lindsay
- Mark Thomson
- Billy Delaware
- Lillian Enting
- Miss Crowe
- Susan McGregor
- June Frame, as a Teenager, Pamela
- Jim Rawdon
- Wilson
- Timothy Smith
- Edwin Mather
- Erin Mills
- Katherine
- Gerald Bryan
- Dr. Crawley
- Mark Clare
- Karl Stead
- Donnell Doreen
- Teacher
- Ian Hendl
- June and Wilson's Child
- Kelly Stewart
- Rose
- Maria Matias
- Spanish Woman
- Sassy Acorn
- Audition Girl
- Eileen Clark
- Neighbour
- Hamish McFarlane
- Avril Luxon
- Jacqueline O'Rourke
- Borstal Girl
- Joy Trow
- Woman on Platform
- Rob Jayne
- Ben
- Timothy Bartlett
- Gussy Dymock
- Mark Morrison
- Buddie Frame, as a Child
- Katherine Murray-Cowper
- Young Isabel
- Maureen Duffy
- Miss Farnie
- June Shane
- Neighbour
- Helene Anderson
- Norwegian Woman
- Melissa Dawson
- Nora Bone
- Fritha Stalker
- Bridget
- Lorna Storm
- Groovy Girl
- Peter Brunt
- Dr. Burt
- Dave Scott
- Doctor
- Christopher Lawrence
- Buddie Frame, as a Teenager
- Geoff Barlow
- Headmaster
- Rachel Hernandez
- Columba
- Fiona Brown
- Shirley
- Alison Bruce
- Dora
- Sheryl Stewart
- Nurse Maitland
- Natasha Gray
- Lesley
- Margaret Gordon
- Neighbor
- Blair Hutchinson
- Bully Boy
- Faye Flegg
- Doctor
- Paul Moffat
- Dis McIvor
- Cushla Aston
- Borstal Girl
- Sarah Llewwllyn
- June Frame - as a Child
- Rod Collinson
- Mr. Niles
- Sharon Marsden
- Katie
- Samantha Townsley
- Isabel Frame, as a Teenager
- Michael Harry
- Colin
- Anne Cockroft
- Nurse
- Carla Hedgeman
- Young Poppy
- Tony Creamer
- Audition Boy
- Jessica Wilcox
- Kay Stead
- Elizabeth MacRae
- Nurse
- Ailene Herring
- Teacher
- David McAuslan
- Bully Boy
- Brenda Kendall
- Miss Botting
- Jessie Mune
- Janet Frame - as a Baby
- Eleanor Wragge
- Ruth Sillitoe
- Angela Ford
- Turning Girl
- Fiona Kay
- Marguerite
- Carlos Martinez
- Spanish Official
- Francesca Collins
- Baby Jane
- Joshua Cole
- June and Wilson's Child
- Erin Dorricott
- Eunice
- Alistair Douglas
- Headmaster
- Francene Clark
- Mary
- Caroline Flint
- Mrs. Goulden
- Patrick Griffiths
- Reporter
- Caroline Somerville
- Poppy, as a Teenager
- Billy Atkinson
- Mrs. Morgan
- David Stott
- Doctor
- Maria Mercedes Marato
- Catalina
- Richard Mills
- Talent Scout
- Gwyneth Hugues
- Matron
- Joan Foster
- Hotel Manageress
- Julia Calvo
- Spanish Woman on Train
- Celia Nicholson
- Piona
- Annabel Lomas
- Mrs. Chandler
- Harry Lavington
- Head of Psychology
crew
- Jane Campion
- Director
- Bridget Ikin
- Producer, Production Manager
- Grant Major
- Producer, Production Designer
- Janet Frame
- Book Author
- Laura Jones
- Screenwriter
- Stuart Dryburgh
- Cinematographer
- Don McGlashan
- Composer (Music Score)
- Veronika Haussler
- Editor
- Lisa Kissin
- Production Designer, Set Designer, Production Manager
- Jackie Gilmore
- Art Director
- John Maynard
- Co-producer, First Assistant Director
- Glenys Jackson
- Costume Designer
- Elle Stephenson
- Makeup
- Majory Hamlin
- Makeup
