Hands That Bind | |
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Directed by | Kyle Armstrong |
Written by | Kyle Armstrong |
Produced by | Blake McWilliam |
Starring | Paul Sparks Landon Liboiron Nicholas Campbell Susan Kent |
Cinematography | Mike McLaughlin |
Edited by | Marc Boucrot |
Music by | Jim O'Rourke |
Production company | Hired Hands Productions |
Distributed by | Mongrel Media Dark Sky Films |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Hands That Bind is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kyle Armstrong and released in 2021.[1] The film stars Paul Sparks as Andy Hollis, a man who has been working as a farmhand for farmer Mac Longridge (Nicholas Campbell) with an eye to eventually taking over the farm when Mac retires, but whose plans are jeopardized when Mac's estranged son Dirk (Landon Liboiron), who had never wanted anything to do with the farm, returns and tries to get Andy fired.[2]
The cast also includes Susan Kent as Andy's wife Susan and Bruce Dern as neighbour farmer Hank, as well as Will Oldham, Scott Olynek, Brendan Hunter, Geordie Cheeseman, John Warkentin, Robert Nogier, Ray Pearson, Linnea Mullen, Katrina Beatty, Cristina Menz, Brian Copping, Lianna Makuch and Ian Leung in supporting roles.