Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Ireland
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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...
- ship
- single parent
- parent child relationship
- scotland
- loss of loved one
- deaf
- abusive father
- letter
- father
- little boy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Katy Murphy — Miss MacKenzie
- Jayd Johnson — Catriona
- Mary Riggans — Nell
- Cal MacAninch — Davey
- John Kazek — Ally
- Anne Marie Timoney — Janet
- Andrea Gibb — Waitress
- Sophie Main — Serious Girl
- Elaine MacKenzie Ellis — Librarian
- Rony Bridges — Post Office Clerk
- Directed
- Shona Auerbach
- Written
- Andrea Gibb
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 225 ratings
- Studio
- Inside Track, Pathé Pictures International, UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, Scorpio Films, Sigma Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
