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Dear Frankie (2004) is available on Hoopla with a participating library card. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
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You can watch Dear Frankie (2004) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day...
A gentle lie about a father at sea keeps this young boy's world steady, even as the reality of their transient life begins to crack. This quiet Scottish drama finds its heart in the small, unspoken moments between a mother and her deaf son.
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Shona Auerbach
Cast
Gerard Butler, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Sharon Small, Katy Murphy, Jayd Johnson, Mary Riggans, Cal MacAninch, John Kazek, Anne Marie Timoney
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Dear Frankie
You can watch Dear Frankie (2004) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Shona Auerbach
Cast
Gerard Butler, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Sharon Small, Katy Murphy, Jayd Johnson, Mary Riggans, Cal MacAninch, John Kazek, Anne Marie Timoney
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