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Frank & Louis

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Switzerland/United Kingdom202595 minEnglish
Frank & Louis

Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for aging inmates with Alzheimer’s and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow inmate Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.

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Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for aging inmates with Alzheimer’s and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow inmate Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.

In prison for murder, Frank (Kingsley Ben-Adir) accepts a post caring for fellow inmates in the hopes of winning parole. He’s assigned to frail, paranoid Louis (Rob Morgan), a once-feared inmate with early-onset dementia. Frank gradually wins his trust, but is soon confronted with his own memories and regrets.

Anchored by Ben-Adir’s and Morgan’s quietly moving performances, Petra Biondina Volpe’s understated prison drama explores the potential for rehabilitation through caretaking. As Frank forms an unusually intimate and tender connection with Louis, the film thoughtfully reflects on memory, guilt, and identity and explores the difference between punishment and redemption. Avoiding the sensational tropes of the prison genre, Frank & Louis is a thoughtful story about the patient work of facing oneself while caring for others. — MC

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  • Jan 25, 6:00 PM MST
    Premiere

    Library Center Theatre

    Park City

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  • Jan 26, 9:40 AM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 2

    Park City

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  • Jan 27, 6:00 PM MST
    Screening

    Broadway Centre Cinemas - 3

    Salt Lake City

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  • Jan 31, 4:40 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 2

    Park City

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  • Feb 1, 10:30 AM MST
    Screening

    The Yarrow Theatre

    Park City

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    Credits

    • Director(s)

      Petra Biondina Volpe

    • Screenwriters

      Petra Biondina Volpe

      Esther Bernstorff

    • Producers

      Reto Schaerli

      Lukas Hobi

    • Co-Producers

      Thembisa Cochrane

      Georgie Paget

    • Executive Producers

      Cora Olson

      Susan Wendt

    • Director of Photography

      Judith Kaufmann

    • Edited By

      Hansjörg Weißbrich

    • Production Design

      Su Erdt

      Iain Andrews

    • Music by

      Oliver Coates

    • Costume Design

      Pascale Suter

    • Sound Design

      Gina Keller

    • Casting

      Avy Kaufman

      Heather Basten

    • Principal Cast

      Kingsley Ben-Adir

      Rob Morgan

      René Pérez Joglar

      Rosalind Eleazar

      Indira Varma

    Meet the Artist

    Panelist Name

    Petra Biondina Volpe

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    Swiss Italian writer-director Petra Biondina Volpe’s films include The Divine Order, a Tribeca award winner and Swiss box-office hit, and Dreamland. She wrote Heidi and created Labyrinth of Peace. Her latest film, Late Shift, premiered at Berlinale 2025 and is Switzerland’s Oscar submission.

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