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Uncle Frank

Uncle Frank
Beth, a teenager, leaves her hometown in 1973 to study at New York in which her estranged uncle is a literature professor. She discovers her uncle’s homosexuality and how he had kept it a secret for long. He currently lives with his long time partner, Wally After a sudden death in his family, her uncle travels back to the rural hometown accompanied by Wally to reluctantly greet his family alongside past ghouls.

This film shows a rocky road to self acceptance. Beth and Frank give a moving performance that reveals the layers of her uncle’s cool persona and cosmopolitan traps.



CATEGORY Premieres

COUNTRY U.S.A.



RUN TIME 95 min

LANGUAGE English and Arabic

SUBTITLES Yes with English subtitles



COMPANY Miramax

WEBSITE http://www.miramax.com

EMAIL [email protected]

PHONE (310) 409-2378

Credits

Director
  • Alan Ball
Screenwriter
  • Alan Ball
Producers
  • Alan Ball
  • Peter Macdissi
  • Michael Costigan
  • Jay Van Hoy
  • Stephanie Meurer
  • Bill Block
Executive Producers
  • Bob Osher
  • Andrew Golov
Director Of Photography
  • Khalid Mohtaseb
Production Designer
  • Darcy Scanlon
Editor
  • Jonathan Alberts
Costume Designer
  • Megan Stark Evans
Music By
  • Nathan Barr
Music Supervisor
  • Gary Calamar
Casting Director
  • Avy Kaufman
Principal Cast
  • Paul Bettany
  • Sophia Lillis
  • Peter Macdissi
  • Steve Zahn
  • Judy Greer
  • Margo Martindale

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