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Dear Frankie (2004)
Directed by Shona Auerbach
Drama, Family · 1h 45m
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day...
Cast
Gerard Butler
Emily Mortimer
Jack McElhone
Sharon Small
Katy Murphy
Jayd Johnson
Mary Riggans
Cal MacAninch
John Kazek
Andrea Gibb
Crew
- Director
- Shona Auerbach
- Screenplay
- Andrea Gibb
- Director of Photography
- Shona Auerbach
- Original Music Composer
- Alex Heffes
- Editor
- Oral Norrie Ottey
- Producer
- Caroline Wood
Details
- Release date
- 2004-05-18
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Ireland
- Production
- Inside Track, Pathé Pictures International, UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, Scorpio Films, Sigma Films
- Box office
- $1,656,829