Directed by:
Bastian GüntherScreenplay:
Bastian GüntherCinematography:
Michael KotschiCast:
Joe Cole, Callie Hernandez, Carrie Preston, Lucy Faust, Cullen Moss, Jesse C. Boyd, Lara Grice, Billy Slaughter, Cory Scott Allen, Jared Bankens (more)VOD (1)
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In a small southern town in the US, twenty down-on-their-luck folks compete to win a brand-new pick-up truck, a prize that might finally tip the scales of life in their favour. The annual ‘Hands On’ contest puts the vehicle literally within their reach – the winning contestant is the last one standing with their hands held firmly on the truck. Armed only with their dreams and determination, the participants forgo basic human needs to stand around the pickup truck for days to beat out their competitors. All for the benefit of an enthusiastic audience and the glare of the local media who turn up each year for the car dealership’s popular publicity stunt. As the blisteringly hot days and long nights of struggle, exhaustion, mind games, hilarity, loss of control and insanity add up, only one winner can drive away with the truck. Each contestant has their own reasons for joining the contest, and as the hours tick by, their humanity is laid bare. Who will hold on and win – and at what cost? (Studio Soho Distribution)
(more)Cast
Joe Cole
UK
Best movies:
Now Is Good (2012)
Eye on Juliet (2017)
Offender (2012)
Callie Hernandez
USA
Best movies:
La La Land (2016)
Too Old to Die Young (2019) (series)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Carrie Preston
USA
Best movies:
The Holdovers (2023)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Lucy Faust
USA
Best movies:
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
Mudbound (2017)
The Devil All the Time (2020)
Cullen Moss
USA
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Hidden Figures (2016)
42 (2013)
Jesse C. Boyd
Best movies:
Reptile (2023)
Palmer (2021)
The Highwaymen (2019)
Lara Grice
USA
Best movies:
American Made (2017)
Deja Vu (2006)
The Big Short (2015)
Billy Slaughter
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015)
Richard Jewell (2019)
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Cory Scott Allen
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Den of Thieves (2018)
The Devil All the Time (2020)
Jared Bankens
Best movies:
Roots (2016) (series)
Quarry (2016) (series)
The Peripheral (2022) (series)
Devyn A. Tyler
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Ritchie Montgomery
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Quarry (2016) (series)
Alexander Biglane
Best movies:
Hot Summer Nights (2017)
Pitch Perfect (2012)
The Perfect Date (2019)
Gail Cronauer
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Little Boy Blue (1997)
Clyde R. Jones
USA
Best movies:
Coming to America (1988)
Get on Up (2014)
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
Chris Gann
USA
Best movies:
American Made (2017)
The Banker (2020)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Idella Johnson
Best movies:
Donna Duplantier
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
99 Homes (2014)
Carl Palmer
Best movies:
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Roots (2016) (series)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)