9 minutes that'll make you text your group chat 'we need to talk about Frankie.'
Following a traumatic brain injury, a young woman's recovery is interrupted when her friends insist she come out for a birthday party. After reinjuring herself, she takes the first step in her new life by joining a chronic pain support group.
Acting
Nadine Bhabha's eyes do what words can't about pain.
Writing
Every 'are you okay?' lands like a tiny violence.
Editing
Ruthless 9 minutes — no frame wasted, no mercy given.
Director
Brendan Brady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emerges from the #ChronicIllness TikTok era where young people finally demanded visibility for conditions long dismissed as 'stress' or 'anxiety.'
The title's double meaning — 'chronic' as persistent pain AND the stoner slang Frankie's friends weaponize to doubt her — is absolutely vicious intentional wordplay.
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