Dear Frankie
2004 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 22,736 VOTES · DIR. Shona Auerbach
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 967 lines
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00:01:52 Dear Da, did you know something?
00:04:53 Just on the one?
00:07:34 From my window, I can see the sea.
00:13:00 Mmm.
00:15:23 And if we don't have it here
00:19:33 you have to give me every single one of your stamps and your knife, to keep for ever.
00:22:36 - How do you know that? - I just know it.
00:26:54 What else did you touch?
00:34:31 Just for a day, one single day, and I was going to pay him to do it.
00:38:44 and that all the letters from the ship go there.
00:41:56 # Da dum da-da dum...
00:45:00 Takes my breath away.
00:48:17 Frankie wasnae looking for anything. You didn't need to do that.
00:52:43 Yeah, it is.
00:58:00 Aye, you can say that again. Well, it's over now.
01:02:02 We're not celebrating anything. I just need one, that's all.
01:05:29 How long has he got?
01:10:07 # But back there in the orange light
01:13:04 # Que se llama de apellido Vitorino
01:16:13 # He'd give me love
01:19:58 No.
01:28:43 I want to see him, Lizzie.
01:31:25 He's very, very sick.
01:36:15 I've got eight now. Catriona's got 20.