Hands That Bind
Director: Kyle Armstrong | 2023 | 116 mins | Drama/Thriller | English
Official Selection – Atlanta Film Festival 2022
Official Selection – Sun Valley Film Festival 2022
Official Selection – Vancouver International Film Festival 2021
Audience Choice Award – Edmonton International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection – Calgary International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection – FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2021
Hands that Bind is a slow burn prairie gothic drama set in the 1980s in small town Alberta. Andy, a hired farmhand, is dreaming of a better way of life. Andy devotes himself to working another man’s land, trying to establish new roots with his wife Susan and their children, with the hope that this land might one day be his. Those hopes are dashed when his boss’s prodigal son unexpectedly returns. As Andy struggles with his family’s future in a world that is increasingly uncertain, a darkness settles over the community and mysterious, unsettling events begin to happen around him. As tensions grow in his relationships, desperation takes hold and Andy’s world begins to spiral beyond his control. He watches as his way of life begins slipping through his fingers, and as Andy confronts a changing culture, he’s forced to make decisions that will have lasting consequences.
“A WORK OF ART. HANDS THAT BIND SIGNALS A NEW AND ORIGINAL VOICE.”
– MARTLET
“…A SPELLBINDING TRIP TO THE EXISTENTIAL BONE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN RURAL WORKING CLASS.”
– DRAG CITY RECORDS
Kyle Armstrong – Director
Paul Sparks (Boardwalk Empire, Mud, The Greatest Showman)
Susan Kent (22 Minutes, Trailer Park Boys)
Landon Liboiron (Hemlock Grove, Frontier)
Nicholas Campbell (Cinderella Man, The Dead Zone)
Will Oldham (Old Joy, Matewan)
Bruce Dern (Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Nebraska)
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