Director Alan Ball
Genre Drama
Cast Sophia Lillis, Paul Bettany, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn
Rating R
Release Date November 25th, 2020 (Amazon Prime)
Written and directed by Alan Ball, Uncle Frank is a family drama set in 1973 that tells the story of a teenage girl who leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid "Wally" Nadeem -- 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.
Uncle Frank will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime November 25th. Watch the official trailer below.