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Alan Devine, Allen Panginy, Anne Parillaud

This is a story of a man (Walker), suffering from dwarfism, who writes an autobiographical account of his life. In flashbacks, we see how he was conceived to a woman (Parillaud) at the end of WWII as ...( read more  read more... )she attempts to smuggle herself to America on a troop ship. Caught, she is put ashore back in her homeland of Ireland where she struggles to bring up her dwarfed child. Then comes an ongoing affair with a man (Byrne) who becomes a surrogate father to the boy, teaching him about the stars and planets... and calling him "Frankie Starlight." After that affair she meets with a man (Dillon) who takes her and the boy to America, but they are misfits in the prairie lands of the West and soon return home to Ireland where the boy grows to manhood as a writer.

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Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Release Date: November 22, 1995

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Flixster Reviews (16)

  • ileo
    December 9, 2007
    ileo
    A fantastic film, love it!!
  • Ghw12158
    June 3, 2008
    Ghw12158
    The "short" story on this boring
  • broadwaymo
    December 18, 2007
    broadwaymo
    Caught a portion of this before having to leave for work and hope to get the opportunity to watch it all the way through. Looks good...

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  • JDFortuneFan
    July 3, 2007
    JDFortuneFan
    Trailer available at

    http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Dillon,_Matt/Trailers/6122
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