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Dear Frankie

Year:

2005

Duration:

105 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Shona Auerbach

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2005-01-14

Filming Locations: Buchanan Street Stamps, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $37,542 (USA) (6 March 2005)

Gross: $1,340,891 (USA) (4 July 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jack McElhone

Dear Frankie

Emily Mortimer

Lizzie

Mary Riggans

Nell

Sharon Small

Marie

Sophie Main

Serious Girl

Katy Murphy

Miss MacKenzie

Sean Brown

Ricky Monroe

Jayd Johnson

Catriona

Anna Hepburn

Headmistress

Rony Bridges

Post Office Clerk

Douglas Stewart Wallace

Stamp Shop Keeper

Elaine M. Ellis

Librarian (as Elaine Mackenzie Ellis)

Carolyn Calder

Barmaid

John Kazek

Ally

Gerard Butler

The Stranger

Garry Collins

Waiter

Anne Marie Timoney

Janet

Maureen Johnson

Singer

Andrea Gibb

Waitress

Cal Macaninch

Davey

Sharon MacKenzie

Staff Nurse

Jonathan Pender

Frankie

Robert Harrison

Pub Character (uncredited)

Alan Marsh

Extra (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The song that plays while Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) is sitting on a bench crying after a fruitless attempt to find a "daddy" for Frankie, is written by one of the most famous contemporary Estonian composer - Arvo Pärt.

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Jack McElhone (Frankie) is not deaf but worked with a speech coach so that his one spoken line would sound correct.

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Goofs

In one of Frankie's letters to his dad, the text of the letter does not correspond to the voiceover. We hear Frankie say, "Ricky Munroe told me. Trust him to put his big feet right in it." but the letter reads, "Trust him to put his size threes right in it."

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When Lizzie is climbing up the hill to the overlook, her knees are wet before she kneels on the grass.

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When Lizzie is reading the last letter, it says "Thanks for the book" twice, but it is only read once.

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Quotes

Nell: I knew something like this was going to happen. I told you, didn't I? What are we going to do?

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Lizzie: I don't have much, but, I'll pay you what I can.

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Lizzie: I was looking for a man... a stranger. No past, no present, no future.

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Faq

What did Frankie's da do?

When Fankies parents were married, his dad hit him when he was a baby. The blow caused Frankie to become deaf, and that's when Lizzie leaves him.

How does it end?

Lizzie and "Davey" kiss before he leaves.Davey, Frankie's father, is dying. He asks Lizzie to bring Frankie so he could see him. She refuses.Lizzie shows Frankie the notice about his father's death.On the bus from Glasgow, Lizzie reads Frankie's latest letter: He knows the Man he met wasn't his dad, and that the real Davey passed away.Turns out the Man was Marie's brother. Lizzie and Frankie sit on a dock. Being Marie's brother, we know he will return one day.

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