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FRANKIE STARLIGHT

SYNOPSIS

Running Time: 91 Minutes.

Frankie Starlight is a film about love, life, laughter and the occasional miracle.

Set in post-World War II Ireland, this is the story of Frankie and his mother Bernadette (Anne Parillaud) who, as an 18-year old girl, left France smuggled aboard an American troop ship in return for sexual favours. Put ashore in Ireland, the penniless Bernadette gives birth to a son, Frankie. Through the kindness of customs officer Jack Kelly (Gabriel Byrne), Bernadette is able to raise Frankie in Dublin. Jack teaches Frankie about the stars, sparking in him a lifelong mystical obsession with the cosmos. As an adult, Frankie weaves his love for and knowledge of astronomy into a novel based on his recollections of his mother's relationships with Kelly and an ex-GI (Matt Dillon). After his book is published and he moves from isolation to potential celebrity, we discover how his mother's colourful exploits shaped Frankie's life.

Frankie Starlight is based on Chet Raymo's best-selling novel entitled "The Dork of Cork." Raymo is a lecturer in astronomy at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, but has spent every summer for the last 16 years in the village of Ventry, County Kerry. It is the combination of his knowledge of the stars and time spent in Ireland that inspired him to write this magical tale of love and the stars.

Producer:
Noel Pearson.

Screenplay:
Chet Raymo and Ronan O' Leary.

Director:
Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

CAST

Bernadette DuBois: Anne Parillaud
Terry Klout: Matt Dillon
Jack Kelly: Gabriel Byrne
Frankie Starlight: Corban Walker
Handy Paige: Niall Toibin