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.
- Year2020
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- DirectorAlan Ball
- ScreenwriterAlan Ball
- ProducerBill Block, Michael Costigan, Jay Van Hoy, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball, Stephanie Meurer
- CastPaul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale and Stephen Root
- CinematographerKhalid Mohtaseb
- EditorJonathan Alberts
- Production DesignDarcy Scanlin
- Sound DesignKent Sparling
- MusicNathan Barr
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.
- Year2020
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- DirectorAlan Ball
- ScreenwriterAlan Ball
- ProducerBill Block, Michael Costigan, Jay Van Hoy, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball, Stephanie Meurer
- CastPaul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale and Stephen Root
- CinematographerKhalid Mohtaseb
- EditorJonathan Alberts
- Production DesignDarcy Scanlin
- Sound DesignKent Sparling
- MusicNathan Barr