Frankie Starlight
“Sometimes the brightest star is the one that shines within.”
An Irish-American dwarf chronicles his post-World War II immigration with his mother and her affair with a married official.
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Cast
20 people
Corban Walker
Frank Bois
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Niall Toibin
Handy Paige
Anne Parillaud
Bernadette
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Nikita
The Man in the Iron Mask
Gabriel Byrne
Jack Kelly
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The Usual Suspects
Hereditary
Matt Dillon
Terry Klout
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The House That Jack Built
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Rudi Davies
Emma
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Georgina Cates
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Dearbhla Molloy
Effa Kelly
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Niall Tóibín
Handy Paige
Known for
Rawhead Rex
Far and Away
Victoria Begeja
Anne Marie Bois
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Jean-Claude Frissung
Albert Bois
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A Single Girl
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John S. Davies
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Michael Lindsay-Hogg Director · Ronan O'Leary Screenplay Chet Raymo Screenplay
Worldwide gross $103K · United States release November 22, 1995 · Produced in France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$103,365
Production
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Production
Fine Line Features
Production
Canal+
Production
Film4 Productions
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RTÉ
Production
Ferndale Films
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
Rimb Production
Production
Pandora Cinema
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Irish Film Board
Production
France · Ireland · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 9, 1995
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Ireland · September 15, 1995
Theatrical
United States · November 22, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
June 13, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
February 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Greece
May 10, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
June 1, 1996 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 20, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
January 27, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 17, 1996 · Theatrical
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