Good drip-feed story of young woman in 1973 and her relationship with her uncle, who it turns out is gay and in long term relationship with a Saudi. They are Sophia Lillis, Paul Bettany and Peter Macdissi (who also produced). I am reminded that Ball's early feature, Towelhead, was good and should be watched again - and this is where we know Macdissi and his striking features from. Liliis is good - she started out in the 2017 It remake. Bettany we never recognise in anything, such a chameleon is he.
Intriguingly, the trigger for this was when Ball came out to his mum, she revealed that his dad might have been 'that way', and once accompanied the body of a friend on a train back to his hometown. I was amused to read that Ball doesn't write outlines for features as "it's more interesting to write them and see where they take me". (scriptmag interview.)
Anyway, it's emotional and very good. Great cast includes Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root, Lois Smith, Jane McNeill.
In most States homosexuality was still illegal then.
Photographed by Khalid Mohtaseb.
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