Uncle Frank Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) -- an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank's father -- Beth’s grandfather -- Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from.

Cited as official plot version

Drama LGBTQIA+

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  Paul Bettany

  Avengers: Endgame, Here

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  Sophia Lillis

  Trap House, IT Chapter Two

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  Peter Macdissi

  Towelhead

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  Judy Greer

  The Long Walk, Dead of Winter

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  Steve Zahn

  Anaconda, Chicken Little

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  Lois Smith

  Lady Bird, Hollywoodland

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  Margo Martindale

  The Kitchen, The Twits

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  Stephen Root

  The Wrecking Crew, Heads of State

Who is making Uncle Frank – Crew List

A look at Uncle Frank behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Alan Ball last helmed Towelhead and Untitled Alan Ball Project. The film's writer Alan Ball last penned Towelhead and What's Wrong With Margie?.

Director

Alan Ball

Screenwriter

Alan Ball

Production – What we know about the Uncle Frank

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Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Mar 2020

Completed

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