Hands That Bind

Hands That Bind
Directed byKyle Armstrong
Written byKyle Armstrong
Produced byBlake McWilliam
StarringPaul Sparks
Landon Liboiron
Nicholas Campbell
Susan Kent
CinematographyMike McLaughlin
Edited byMarc Boucrot
Music byJim O'Rourke
Production
company
Hired Hands Productions
Distributed byMongrel Media
Dark Sky Films
Release date
  • September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10) (CIFF)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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.