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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Carl Foreman Award 2005 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Carl Foreman Award 2005 · Nominated
Frankie (Jack McElhone) does not know his father because his mother, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer), ran away from the abusive lout when Frankie was just a baby. Instead of telling the truth to her deaf son, she concocts an elaborate lie, telling him that his father is a merchant seaman on the MS Accra. She even writes letters for Frankie posing as his...