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Sneak Peek: Uncle Frank

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November 23, 2020
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Uncle Frank 

Website: Prime Video

Synopsis: 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. 

Release Date: November 25, 2020
Directed by: Alan Ball
Screenplay by: Alan Ball
Starring: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale and Stephen Root
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Rated R

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