A good drama film, the original really does not need a fancy plot, the lightness of the clouds and flowing water, can also have a beautiful splash.
"On the Road with Uncle Frank" is really a good movie that is surprising, and as a gay movie, it expresses a kind of humanistic affection.
Especially the end of the plot is so simple, but it is very touching, although the plot is a bit old-fashioned, but the director's sincere feelings, so that the film becomes flesh and blood, see the back are crying, really touching!
The plot tells the story of the 70s in the United States, the young girl Beth, with the encouragement of his uncle Frank, from a conservative southern town to a university in New York, Uncle Frank is an associate professor of the university, and after Beth arrives in New York, she finds her uncle comrade and an Arab lover, Wally.
Just after learning that his uncle was a comrade, Frank received the news that his father had passed away, Beth could not fly back because of her mother's confession, the uncle and nephew decided to drive home, and Wally was still uneasy about Frank, so he followed them back to his hometown.
This trip home, but led frank's sad juvenile past, and this matter has never been forgiven by the father, the father's hatred for his son to death can not be forgiven.
At his father's funeral, Frank remembers his debt to his old love Sam, and on the other hand, he is unable to identify himself as a comrade at home and suffers, while his niece Beth supports him at this time to bravely face the truth of his comrades and the connection with his family, and Wally also becomes the strength of his spiritual support.
In the conservative southern towns of the 70s, according to the conservative bible teachings, comrades will go to hell. Because Frank has an uncle who is a comrade, his father, under the conservative ideology of religion, hates his eldest son Frank with him, and even does not forgive him until his death, because his son is a comrade, symbolizing his hatred for his brother's revenge.
Sam breaks off friendship with Frank because he listens to his father, and Sam commits suicide in the lake, causing Frank's pain.
Wally comes from Arabia, in a conservative country, comrades will be sentenced to hanging, so he flew to the United States to pursue his life, he can only hide from his family in Arabia, he is the truth of comrades, in the face of his family can not confess their true identity, his heart is inexplicable pain, he and his mother talked about the scene of long-distance phone calls, when crying, the film is particularly touching.
Family is always the best support force for comrades, niece Beth is a new generation, has been to New York to study, the idea is different, she originally liked the temperament of uncle Frank, so she can naturally accept.
Sometimes, women in the family are more likely to accept that the family is comrades, perhaps a manifestation of motherhood, like the sister who already knows that the brother is the sister of the comrade, and then the sister-in-law who knows the truth and is enlightened.
The most touching thing is that in fact, the warm mother already knows, but it cannot be explained, when Frank was accepted by the mother, the heart was finally relieved, the mother not only accepted the son's lover Wally, but also let him call the mother, this scene is too touching, but the male in the family is more difficult to accept, the younger brother Mike is very reluctant, the brother-in-law can not accept it at all.
A film of only more than 90 minutes can show the precious family affection between comrades and their families, the sincerity of the director, the retro restoration of that era, and the strong family affection.
This movie is really liked, there is no sensational plot, but it can make people feel inexplicable.