It had its world premiere at the
2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2019.[5] It was released in France on August 28, 2019, by SBS Distribution, in the United States on October 25, 2019, by
Sony Pictures Classics, and in Portugal on December 12, 2019, by Midas Filmes.
Plot
Frankie, a well-known French actress, has only a few months to live. For that reason, she decides to spend her last vacation with her large family in
Sintra (Portugal). Despite the picturesque location, the relatives present struggle with a variety of love, marriage and money problems.
It had its world premiere at the
Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2019.[11][12] Prior to,
Sony Pictures Classics acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.[13] It was released in France on August 28, 2019.[14][15] It is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 25, 2019.[16]
Reception
On
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 56% based on 104 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Flawed yet well-acted, Frankie finds director/co-writer Ira Sachs getting snagged in his story's thorny relationships -- and often freed by his stellar cast."[17]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18]