MarketFrankie & Alice
Company Profile

Frankie & Alice

Frankie & Alice is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Geoffrey Sax, starring Halle Berry. Filming began in Vancouver, British Columbia, in November 2008, and ended in January 2009. To qualify for awards season, the film opened in a limited release on December 10, 2010. It is based on a true story about a popular go-go dancer and stripper in the 1970s who has dissociative identity disorder.

Plot
Frankie is performing at a Los Angeles club in 1973. She is one of the best strippers at the club, and often attracts the attention of wealthy businessmen. One night, the club's female employees go out for a "Girls Night". As the girls observe all the men at the bar, Frankie gets the attention of a well-known bartender. She agrees to go to his home for sex. Before the two can engage in any sexual activity, Frankie switches to an alter ego, and cracks the man's head open with a picture frame. Word of Frankie's violent activity spreads to the strip club quickly, and Frankie is fired from the needed job. Similar episodes occur while Frankie is at the laundromat and at a wedding. Frankie starts psychotherapy with Doctor Oz. During a session, Frankie learns that she has two alters: Genius, a seven-year-old child; and Alice, a Southern white racist, whom Frankie struggles to overcome. Through regular sessions with Dr. Oz, Frankie begins to recall the traumatic events that led to the dissociative splits in her personality. She realizes that when she was a teenager she was in love with a white man who died in a car accident while they were on the road. In the same session, she also connects with the memory of the birth of her child. Moments after the birth, Frankie's mother realizes that the child is half-white and kills it, thus triggering Frankie's personality to split. After she watches the taped sessions, and puts everything together, Frankie begins the healing process, taking control of her life and semi-integrating the personalities that Dr. Oz assures her will always be present. ==Cast==
Production
The film spent a decade in development, with Berry involved in the project since the mid-1990s. Filming took place in 2008. ==Release==
Release
Frankie & Alice had its world premiere in May 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was given a wider re-release on April 4, 2014. ==Reception==
Reception
Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 21% based on reviews from 33 critics. The website's critics consensus states: "Halle Berry gives it her all (and then some), but Frankie & Alice is ultimately too narratively strained and clumsily assembled to do her performance justice." On Metacritic it has a score of 47% based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Writing of the Cannes Film Festival screening, The Hollywood Reporter 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. Accolades African-American Film Critics Association • Nominee, Best Picture • Winner, Best Actress: Halle BerryGolden Globes • Nominee, Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Halle BerryNAACP Image Awards • Winner, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry • Winner, Outstanding Independent Motion PicturePrism Award • Winner, Performance in a Feature Film: Halle Berry ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com