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King Frankie

    • Director

      Dermot Malone

    • Credits

      Producer:
      Matt D'Arcy

      Cinematographer
      Luke Jacobs

      Writer:
      Dermot Malone

    • Principal Cast

      Peter Coonan,
      Olivia Caffrey,
      Rejjie Snow

  • Category

    Feature

Following the death of his father, Frankie Burke (Peter Coonan), a kindly taxi driver living a quiet life in a Dublin suburb, is forced to confront the ghosts of his past when an unexpected stranger arrives at his door. Ten years earlier, Frankie was living a wildly extravagant life, losing money as quickly as he could make it, oblivious to the concerns of family and friends, until matters came to a tragic head and his world came tumbling down.

Dermot Malone’s ultimately hopeful parable about greed, guilt, and redemption, is served well by the ever-versatile Peter Coonan who conjures the many faces of Frankie – from repugnant to repentant – with ease.

Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

95 minutes, Ireland, 2024, Colour

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