Frankie & Alice is a 2010 Canadian drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Geoffrey Sax

Geoffrey Sax

Geoffrey Sax is a British film and television director, who has worked on a variety of critically acclaimed and popular drama productions in both the UK and the United States....

 starring Halle Berry

Halle Berry

Halle Berry is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming...

. Filming began in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, in November 2008 and ended in January 2009. To qualify for awards season, the film opened in a limited release on December 10, 2010 while a wide release was planned for February 4, 2011. It is a true story about a popular black go-go

Go-Go dancing

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 dancer/stripper in the '70s who suffers from dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....

.

Plot

Frankie is a black woman who has two alters: Genius, a seven-year-old child, and Alice, a Southern white racist woman, with whom Frankie struggles more to overcome. Her disorder occurred as a result a traumatic incident in her childhood which she has repressed. With the help of her psychiatrist she receives the help she needs in order to live a life close to normal.

Cast

• Halle Berry
  Halle Berry
  Halle Berry is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming...
  
   as Frankie/Genius/Alice
• Stellan Skarsgård
  Stellan Skarsgård
  Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
  
   as Dr. Oz
• Matt Frewer
  Matt Frewer
  Matthew "Matt" Frewer is a Canadian American stage, TV and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom and the retired villain Moloch in the film adaptation of Watchmen.-Life and career:...
  
   as Dr. Strassfield
• Phylicia Rashad
  Phylicia Rashad
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   as Edna Murdoch
• Chandra Wilson
  Chandra Wilson
  Chandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
  
   as Maxine Murdoch
• Kira Clavell
  Kira Clavell
  Kira Clavell is a Canadian actress based out of Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario. She attended the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada....
  
   as Wanda
• Emily Tennant as Paige Prescott (Age 16)
• Andrew Francis
  Andrew Francis
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   as Cop
• Joanne Baron
  Joanne Baron
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   as Nurse Susan Shaw
• Vanessa Morgan
  Vanessa Morgan
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   as Young Frankie
• Scott Lyster as Pete Prescott
• Brian Markinson
  Brian Markinson
  Brian Markinson is a Canadian film and television actor. He has appeared as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall...
  
   as Dr. Backman

Release

Cinesavvy is said to have taken over the release rights from Checkmark Films, and is aiming for a late 2010 release.

Freestyle Releasing picked up US theatrical distribution for Frankie and Alice at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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, with the aim of a fall 2010 release.

Reception

Following a screening at the Cannes Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

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described the film as "a well-wrought psychological drama that delves into the dark side of one woman's psyche". The review also said Halle Berry was "spellbinding" as Frankie, with "rock-solid" supporting performances.

Awards and nominations

• African-American Film Critics Association
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  • Nominee, Best Picture
  • Winner, Best Actress: Halle Berry
    Halle Berry
    Halle Berry is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming...
    
    

• Golden Globes
  • Nominee, Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Halle Berry
    Halle Berry
    Halle Berry is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming...
    
    

• NAACP Image Awards
  • Winner, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry
    Halle Berry
    Halle Berry is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming...
    
    
  • Winner, Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: Frankie and Alice

External links

• Frankie and Alice at Metacritic
  Metacritic
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