A young boy and his single mother have been on the move, settling in a Scottish seaside town. The mother, wanting to shield her deaf son from the truth about their past, has created a fictional story about his father being away at sea. As the son tracks the ship's journey, he discovers it's due to arrive in his hometown, prompting his mother to decide whether to reveal the truth or find a stranger to play his father for a day.

Dear Frankie
A mother arranges a surprise encounter with her son, enlisting an actor to pretend to be his father, whom she had previously deceived by writing to under false pretenses as his father.