The Main Characters - May I be Frank
The Main Characters - May I be Frank
The Main Characters - May I be Frank
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MAY I BE FRANK<br />
<strong>Frank</strong> Ferrante is a 54 year old Sicilian from Brooklyn living in San Francisco. A lover of life,<br />
great food, <strong>be</strong>autiful women and a good laugh, <strong>Frank</strong> is also a drug addict, morbidly o<strong>be</strong>se, pre‐<br />
dia<strong>be</strong>tic, and fighting Hepatitis C. He’s estranged from his daughter, single, and struggling with<br />
depression. <strong>Frank</strong> knows that life can <strong>be</strong> <strong>be</strong>tter than this, and is looking for a way out.<br />
<strong>May</strong> I Be <strong>Frank</strong> documents the transformation of <strong>Frank</strong> Ferrante’s life. He unknowingly<br />
stumbles into a local restaurant in San Francisco, Café Gratitude, a raw, organic and vegan café.<br />
As he <strong>be</strong>comes friends with the staff, he keeps returning to the café where he feels welcomed<br />
and free from his collapsing personal life. On one such visit, <strong>Frank</strong> is asked by Ryland, one of the<br />
servers, “What is one thing you want to do <strong>be</strong>fore you die?” <strong>Frank</strong> replies “I want to fall in love<br />
one more time, but no one will love me looking the way I do.”<br />
Inspired by the possibility of helping <strong>Frank</strong>, Ryland invites him to come into the café everyday<br />
for the next month. Armed with a camera and a wide open heart, Ryland soon enrolls his<br />
brother Cary, and Conor, his <strong>be</strong>st friend, to participate in supporting <strong>Frank</strong>’s transformation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final agreement is made that for the next 42 days, <strong>Frank</strong> will turn his life over to three<br />
twenty‐something young men committed to his healing and prepared to coach him physically,<br />
emotionally and spiritually. <strong>Frank</strong> will eat only raw food, practice gratitude, visit local holistic<br />
practitioners, and get a weekly colonic. Ryland, Conor, and Cary get to support and witness<br />
<strong>Frank</strong>’s miraculous transformation. <strong>Frank</strong> gets a new body, a clearer mind, and most<br />
importantly, a soaring spirit.<br />
Over those 42 days, the four men go on the ride of their lives. Setting out to help <strong>Frank</strong> lose<br />
weight and get healthy, no one anticipated the profound impact this journey would have on the<br />
lives of countless others. Through <strong>Frank</strong>’s story of love, redemption, and transformation, the<br />
viewers witness the power of change for themselves and the world. <strong>May</strong> I Be <strong>Frank</strong> documents<br />
the essence of the human condition and what it truly means to fall in love again.