The 9-year-old boy Frankiehas lived a fugitive life with his single mother Lizsince he was ahas to move every few months. Once, in the end, the mother and son settled in a small seaside town in Scotland. The young Frankie didn't know the truth behind the constant moving: that is, the abusive father had been tracking his mother and his whereabouts.
In order to protect the deaf Frankie from domestic violence, the maternal instinct of Liz made up a white lie, claiming that Frankie’s father had been on the "Accra" ship all the time, and every few days. For a week, Frankie will receive an autograph letter from his father from afar. The letter vividly describes his various adventures on overseas islands. Of course, these letters are carefully forged by Liz, but it is These letters constituted the greatest joy and satisfaction for Frankie's childhood. Frankie, who was eager for his father, kept an eye on the whereabouts of the "Accra" ship. A nautical map was hung on the wall of his bedroom. All the ports that the "Accra" passed through were marked by careful Frankie. Down. Until one day Frankie happily told his mother that Dad’s ship would be anchored at the port in the small town for a day in two weeks. He wanted to meet Dad very much, and Dad should also see him.
The "Accra" in the letter is about to really sail forward. Liz, who has been carefully building a paternal harbour for her son, must make a choice in the dilemma. Either tell Frankie's father the tyrannical facts or find one. Strange men who are suitable in every way come to dress Frankie's father for a day. In order to carry this beautiful lie to the end, the helpless Liz had to plead with a handsome strange man (Gerard Butler) to dress up Frankie’s father, who happened to be a crew member of the "Accra". Moreover, he actually met all the standards of lies fabricated by Liz in the letter, making him a genius dad.
