Her other film credits include losing isaiah, opposite jessica lange. Filming began in vancouver, british columbia, in november 2008, and ended in january 2009. With halle berry, stellan skarsgard, phylicia rashad, chandra wilson. With all the talk recently about famous people transgendering, no one ever thought of a story idea where a lead character has a multiple personality disorder and transfers between a female black housekeeper to a debutante, southern white aristocrat, crossing racial composition. A drama centered on a young woman with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and not give in to her racist alterpersonality.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Frankie and alice movie discussion frankie and alice. But actors just love the idea of slinging several accents and wearing several guises during the course of a film. The movie has her switching back and forth between her three personalities raging, confused, terrified, but holding it. One of the womans alternate personalities is a young child and the other, ironically given that the patient is black, is a white racist. Participate in the frankie and alice trivia and quizzes created by the fan club. Man will schon wissen, wie diese geschichte ausgeht. Freestyle releasing have released the first movie trailer for frankie and alice. It is based on a true story about a popular gogo dancerstripper in the 1970s who has. Everything you need to know about frankie and alice movie. Is the movie frankie and alice based on a true story. You probably dont remember the film itself, though, since you wouldnt have been able to. Frankie and alice on dvd august 12, 2014 starring stellan skarsgard, phylicia rashad, chandra wilson, alex diakun. To qualify for awards season, the film opened in a limited release on december 10, 2010.
Dissociative identity disorder edna edna is frankies mother and an evil women who is constantly lying to her daughter is thought to be an effect of severe trauma during early childhood, usually extreme, repetitive physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. Inspired by a true story, a 70s gogo dancer with multiple personality disorder begins seeing a psychotherapist in an attempt to regain stability. She went on to star opposite warren beatty in the sociopolitical comedy, bulworth. Frankie and alice official full film video dailymotion. Frankie and alice movie quiz hollywood movie quizzes. It is based on a true story about a popular gogo dancerstripper in the 1970s who has dissociative identity disorder.
The film begins at a fever pitch and stays there throughout, growing particularly hyperbolic during the flashbacks, which aspire to douglas sirks operatic bigness, but instead make a campy, kitschy hash of the ugliest recesses of americas. In this drama, a therapist takes on a new client, a stripper who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Also, i believe that frankies in denial about her mental illness comes partially from the lack. Gradually revealed are frankies two alternate personalities a highly intelligent young girl nicknamed genius and a southern white racist called alice. Frankie is a troubled african american gogo dancer in the 70s who begins a mental struggle when she repeatedly forgets. Operation stormbreaker, white noise, the drama stars halle berry as a.