Uncle Frank Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A drama about a closeted gay man forced to come out to his Southern family in the 1970s.

Plot

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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+

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Uncle Frank.

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  Paul Bettany

  Here, The Avengers: Age of Ultron

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  Sophia Lillis

  Gretel and Hansel, IT Chapter Two

• P
  Peter Macdissi

  Towelhead

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  Judy Greer

  The Fire Inside, The Fire Inside

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  Steve Zahn

  Chicken Little, Sahara

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  Lois Smith

  The French Dispatch, Diminished Capacity

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  Margo Martindale

  Secretariat, The Winning Season

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  Stephen Root

  Dog Man, The Empty Man

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Alan Ball last directed Towelhead and Untitled Alan Ball Project. The film's writer Alan Ball last wrote Towelhead and What's Wrong With Margie?.

Director

Alan Ball

Screenwriter

Alan Ball

Production Details

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Production Updates for Uncle Frank

Mar 2020

Completed

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