Frank & Louis

Switzerland/United Kingdom202595 minEnglish

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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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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Screenings

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Jan 25, 6:00 PM MST
Premiere
Library Center Theatre
Park City
Jan 26, 9:40 AM MST
Screening
Megaplex Redstone - 2
Park City
Jan 27, 6:00 PM MST
Screening
Broadway Centre Cinemas - 3
Salt Lake City
Jan 31, 4:40 PM MST
Screening
Megaplex Redstone - 2
Park City
Open Caption
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

Company
TrustNordisk
Website
https://trustnordisk.com/
Contact
Susan Wendt
susan@trustnordisk.com
004560298466

Meet the Artist

Petra Biondina Volpe

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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