
Uncle Frank(2020)
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.


“All's fair in love and rent.”
Aspiring actors in New York try to keep the death of one's aunt a secret so they can stay in her cheap apartment.

Melissa Joan Hart
Holly Washburn

Ryan Browning
Calvin

Carmen Electra
Audrey

Andrew Kavovit
Dennis

Don Novello
Rico

Joseph D. Reitman
Vincent

Lynne Marie Stewart
Aunt Agatha

Beege Barkette
Claire Fealy

Richard Livingston
Leonard Lasso
Joel Michaely
Peter
Rent Control is a romance, comedy, tv movie film released in 2003 exploring themes of new york city, aunt, rent, death. Directed by David Eric Brenner, it stars Melissa Joan Hart, Ryan Browning, Carmen Electra. Aspiring actors in New York try to keep the death of one's aunt a secret so they can stay in her cheap apartment.
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