Dear Frankie (2004)

Directed by

Shona Auerbach

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

AA

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 223 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother writes letters to her deaf son pretending they are from his absent father. When the father figure they invented is about to be exposed, she hires a stranger to play the part.

tenderquietbittersweetintimaterestrainedmelancholicgentleemotional

What happens

Dear Frankie is a 2004 British drama film directed by Shona Auerbach and starring Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Jack McElhone, and Sharon Small. The screenplay by Andrea Gibb focuses on a young single mother whose love for her son prompts her to perpetuate a deception designed to protect him from the truth about his father. The film was critically acclaimed and won numerous awards, including two BAFTA Scotland Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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