The Main Characters - May I be Frank

"It is a beautiful sight. The caring behavior of the three young coaches is the esence of the
revolutionary spirit that Che Guevara meant when he said 'True revolution is about tendernes.'"
-Alice Walker, author, The Color Purple
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MAY I BE FRANK
Frank Ferrante is a 54 year old Sicilian from Brooklyn living in San Francisco. A lover of life,
great food, beautiful women and a good laugh, Frank is also a drug addict, morbidly obese, pre‐
diabetic, and fighting Hepatitis C. He’s estranged from his daughter, single, and struggling with
depression. Frank knows that life can be better than this, and is looking for a way out.
May I Be Frank documents the transformation of Frank Ferrante’s life. He unknowingly
stumbles into a local restaurant in San Francisco, Café Gratitude, a raw, organic and vegan café.
As he becomes friends with the staff, he keeps returning to the café where he feels welcomed
and free from his collapsing personal life. On one such visit, Frank is asked by Ryland, one of the
servers, “What is one thing you want to do before you die?” Frank replies “I want to fall in love
one more time, but no one will love me looking the way I do.”
Inspired by the possibility of helping Frank, Ryland invites him to come into the café everyday
for the next month. Armed with a camera and a wide open heart, Ryland soon enrolls his
brother Cary, and Conor, his best friend, to participate in supporting Frank’s transformation.
The final agreement is made that for the next 42 days, Frank will turn his life over to three
twenty‐something young men committed to his healing and prepared to coach him physically,
emotionally and spiritually. Frank will eat only raw food, practice gratitude, visit local holistic
practitioners, and get a weekly colonic. Ryland, Conor, and Cary get to support and witness
Frank’s miraculous transformation. Frank gets a new body, a clearer mind, and most
importantly, a soaring spirit.
Over those 42 days, the four men go on the ride of their lives. Setting out to help Frank lose
weight and get healthy, no one anticipated the profound impact this journey would have on the
lives of countless others. Through Frank’s story of love, redemption, and transformation, the
viewers witness the power of change for themselves and the world. May I Be Frank documents
the essence of the human condition and what it truly means to fall in love again.

Director’s Statement
We began to create the film MAY I BE FRANK, without the realized intention of making a
feature length film. We recognized Frank’s struggle, and it inspired us to offer our support.
Having never made a feature length film before we were fueled by the naiveté of young
filmmakers stepping into a world we knew nothing about. We did not set out to make an epic
film that would capture the struggle of the human spirit ‐ we set out to care for a friend and
hopefully save his life.
Sometimes there actually is a method to people’s madness and then other times there’s just
madness without the method. What we eventually captured on film was nothing that we had
planned for. Frank turned out to be the perfect person for the film. Frank eloquently describes
the process of transforming his life, while willingly participating in a way of living and eating
that was completely foreign. The circumstances of Frank’s life are not events that everyone can
relate to; however his emotional experience of living is powerfully relatable.
At a moment when we as humans are becoming more dependent of pharmaceuticals to get
through the lives we have created, loosing relationships through divorce, blame, anger and self‐
judgment‐ MAY I BE FRANK tells the story of the tenacity of the human spirit, the strength to
start all over and fall in love one more time.

The Filmmakers
Cary Mosier, Ryland Engelhart, Conor Gaffney
Directors/Producers/Camera
Cary Mosier, Ryland Engelhart, and Conor Gaffney are first time film‐makers and best friends.
All three men were working for Café Gratitude, a local San Francisco restaurant owned by the
Engelhart family, when they first met Frank Ferrante. Cary came from a film making
background, having studied at San Francisco State. Ryland and Conor both came from the music
industry, working as a recording studio owner and musician, respectively. All three men have an
interest in creating impactful and progressive works of art and media that carry a positive and
inspiring message. May I Be Frank is their debut project in the film medium.
Gregg Marks
Director/ Editor/Camera
Gregg Marks is a Filmmaker from New York City, with a 24 year background in music/composition, 12
years in design & motion graphics and 6 years in filming and editing. After honing his skills on shows like
Styleyes, Treehugger.com, and various Television Commercials, he was inspired to move to San
Francisco and to make a documentary film.
Upon arrival he met Ryland Engelhart, Cary Mosier and Conor Gaffney, who had just finished the initial
filming of a powerful 42 day project about human transformation. After viewing the raw footage, Gregg
knew this was it. After shooting an additional 50 hours of footage and 5 storyboards later, "May I Be
Frank" was complete.
This is Gregg's first full length feature documentary as a director and editor, which has inspired many in
the film community, Alanis Morrisette, Jason Mraz, Woody Harrelson, Alice Walker, Dan Millman and
many more who've reached out to help spread the word about this powerful film.

May I Be Frank
Produced by Be Love Productions
In Association with Here Now Productions
Director Cary Mosier, Ryland Engelhart, Conor Gaffney, Gregg Marks
Producer Cary Mosier, Ryland Engelhart, Conor Gaffney
Executive Producer Mollie Engelhart and Tim Ryan
Consulting Producer Sue Turley
Camera Cary Mosier, Ryland Engelhart, Conor Gaffney, Gregg Marks
Editors Gregg Marks, Kyle Parker
Music Arrangement Gregg Marks
The Main Characters
Frank Ferrante Ryland Engelhart Conor Gaffney
Cary Mosier Matthew Engelhart ‘Izzy’ Angelo Ferrante