Unfolding over the course of a late summers day in the fabIed resort town of Sintra, Portugal, FRANKIE foIlows three generations who have gathered for a vacation organized by the family matriarch, Frankie (IsabelIe Huppert). ln this fairy tale setting, husbands and wives, parents and chiIdren, friends and Iovers, stirred by their romantic impulses discover the cracks between them, as weIl as unexpected depth of feeIing. |