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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.
Apr 15, 2005 · Dear Frankie: Directed by Shona Auerbach. With Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans, Sharon Small. After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.
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- Drama, Romance
- Shona Auerbach
- 2005-04-15
Mar 4, 2005 · 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...
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- Shona Auerbach
- PG-13
- Emily Mortimer
Mar 10, 2005 · Lizzie has fled from her abusive husband, and is raising her deaf son, Frankie ( Jack McElhone) with the help of her mother ( Mary Riggans ). Instead of telling Frankie the truth about his father, Lizzie creates the fiction that he is away at sea -- a crew member on a freighter named the Accra.
Oct 4, 2016 · Dear Frankie (2004) Official Trailer 1 - Gerard Butler Movie. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.64M subscribers. Subscribed. 2.5K. 295K views 7 years ago. Starring: Gerard Butler, Emily...
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To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) secretly authors letters from his "father" that detail seafaring adventures from around the world. But she cannot maintain...
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- Miramax
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After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him. 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.
