
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Fabienne Berthaud&s psychodrama Frankie probes the events that led to emotional crisis mental breakdown & psychiatric hospitalization for a fashion model Nearing the age of 30 the titular ex-cover girl (Diane Kruger) is neither particularly young nor thin She instead resides in an asylum in Blois France drugged out & in a semi-catatonic state In flashback Berthaud dramatizes the events that led to this predicament Once active before the cameras & highly sought-after by agents Frankie experienced a series of minor calamities including an on-set fight with a fashion photographer & the experience of accidentally hearing agents make disparaging remarks about her appearance that collectively propelled her over the edge Amid this world of grotesque artifice the one bright spot seemed to be her ever-evolving friendship with the kindly driver of the modeling agency For now Frankie contents herself with institutional life & resists the thought of leaving & returning to the scabrousness of the real world Extras Theatrical Trailer