Frankie Starlight (1995)

Directed by

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States, Ireland

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy with dwarfism grows up in Ireland navigating his unusual height, the love of his mother, and his own imagination. The story moves between his childhood during World War II and his later life as a writer in America.

bittersweetintimatereflectivegentlepoignanttenderslow-pacedwistful

What happens

Frankie Starlight is a 1995 drama–romantic war film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The screenplay was written by Ronan O'Leary and Chet Raymo, based on the internationally best-selling novel The Dork of Cork by Raymo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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