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14/10/2007

BBC Two - Dear Frankie

A woman writes letters to her son and pretends they are from his violent, absent father.

A woman (Emily Mortimer) writes a series of letters to her deaf son and pretends they are from his absent father, to protect the boy from the fact she fled her violent ex-husband.

Drama. A woman writes a series of letters to her deaf nine-year-old son and pretends they are from his absent father, to protect the boy from the fact she fled her violent ex-husband. When the boy becomes convinced his father is finally returning, the woman is forced to take drastic steps to maintain the charade.

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