Dear Frankie

A single mother keeps her deaf son’s world afloat with imaginary sea letters. When the fictional father’s ship threatens to dock he must engineer a one-day stand-in. The plot’s heart is vast but the execution occasionally lists.

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Shona Auerbach directed Dear Frankie in 2004. See Shona Auerbach's full filmography, where to start with Shona Auerbach, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shona Auerbach.

Dear Frankie was released in 2004 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.