Delightful Trailer For Paul Bettany and Sophie Lillis' 1973 Set Drama UNCLE FRANK

Amazon has released the first trailer for its upcoming film Uncle Frank which stars Paul Bettany (WandaVision), Sophia Lillis (IT), and Peter Macdis (Six Feet Under).

The story is set 1973, and it follows Beth Bledsoe (Lillis), a teenager who “leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (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.”

Following Frank’s painful journey from hitting rock bottom to acceptance and forgiveness and, finally, reintegration into his family and into life itself. “Bettany reveals Frank’s fragile core by peeling away the layers of Frank’s sophisticated but guarded persona. Sophia Lillis plays Beth as a naive but observant young woman whose eyes are opened to a world she could never have imagined. Peter Macdissi also has a standout performance as Wally, a man whose capacity for compassion runs deeper than he even knows.”

The movie was written and directed by Alan Ball (American Beauty) and also stars Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, and Stephen Root.

Amazon Studios will release Uncle Frank on Prime Video on November 25, 2020.

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...