FRANK & LOUIS
by Petra Volpe
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Frank & Louis |
| original title: | Frank & Louis |
| country: | Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| sales agent: | TrustNordisk |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Petra Volpe |
| film run: | 95' |
| screenplay: | Petra Volpe, Esther Bernstorff |
| cast: | Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rob Morgan, René Pérez Joglar, Rosalind Eleazar, Indira Varma |
| cinematography by: | Judith Kaufmann |
| film editing: | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| art director: | Su Erdt, Iain Andrews |
| costumes designer: | Pascale Suter |
| music: | Oliver Coates |
| producer: | Reto Schaerli, Lukas Hobi |
| co-producer: | Thembisa Cochrane, Georgie Paget |
| production: | Zodiac Pictures International, Caspian Films, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR |
