Frankie (2019 film)

Frankie is a 2019 American-French drama film, directed by Ira Sachs, from a screenplay by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias. It stars Isabelle Huppert, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier.

It had its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 20. It is scheduled to be released in France on August 28, 2019, by SBS Distribution.

Cast

 * Isabelle Huppert as Frankie
 * Greg Kinnear as Gary
 * Marisa Tomei as Irene
 * Jérémie Renier as Paul
 * Brendan Gleeson as Jimmy
 * Vinette Robinson as Sylvia
 * Ariyon Bakare as Ian
 * Pascal Greggory as Michel
 * Carloto Cotta as Tiago
 * Sennia Nanua as Maya

Production
In February 2018, it was announced Isabelle Huppert, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier and Andre Wilms had joined the cast of the film, with Ira Sachs directing the film, from a screenplay he wrote alongside Mauricio Zacharias. Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt will serve as producers on the film, while Lucas Joaquin and Kevin Chneiweiss will serve as executive producers under their Secret Engine and SBS Productions banners, respectively. In September 2018, Brendan Gleeson, Vinette Robinson, Ariyon Bakare, and Pascal Greggory joined the cast of the film.

Filming
Principal photography began in October 2018, in Portugal.

Release
It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2019. Prior to, Sony Pictures Classics acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. It is scheduled to be released in France on August 28, 2019.

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 5.04/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".