In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe 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.
Starring: Sophia Lillis, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Paul Bettany, Stephen Root, Peter Macdissi, Margo Martindale
Directed by: Alan Ball