Dear Frankie (2004)

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Written by Andrea Gibb

Directed by Shona Auerbach

Running Time: 101 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2004

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: UK

Filmed in Colour

This charming, poignant and well-acted Scottish drama - the first feature from director Shona Auerbach - is quite a tearjerker. Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) is a single mum who is trying to protect her deaf son Frankie (Jack McElhone) from the truth about his abusive father and why they've run away from him. Constantly on the move, the boy continues to correspond by letter to his supposed father, but all is not what it seems.

His mother has invented a story that his father is away at sea, and she collects the boy's letters and fakes the replies. But with his father's boat about to dock in their new hometown on the Scottish coast, his mother must decide whether to tell Frankie the truth or find someone to play his father.

Powerful performances all round, especially from Mortimer and Gerald Butler, the man who pretends to be Frankie's dad.

Recommended.

Cast

Image for Emily MortimerEmily MortimerLizzie
Jack McElhoneFrankie
Mary RiggansNell
Image for Sharon SmallSharon SmallMarie
Sophie MainSerious Girl
Katy MurphyMiss MacKenzie
Sean W.T. BrownRicky Monroe
Jayd JohnsonCatriona
Anna HepburnHeadmistress
Rony BridgesPost Office Clerk
Douglas Stewart WallaceStamp Shop Keeper
Elaine M. EllisLibrarian
Carolyn CalderBarmaid
Image for Gerard ButlerGerard ButlerThe Stranger
John KazekAlly

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