The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic61/100
58 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter GenowayWriter
- Steph CopelandOriginal Music Composer
- Cody CalahanDirector
Cast
- RJ MitteSteve
- Peter OuterbridgePaul
- Ari MillenMichael
- Nicholas CampbellGordon
- Martin RoachRichard
- David FerryKenneth
- Amos CrawleyThomas Coward
- Avery EstevesYoung Michael
- Coal CampbellYoung Gordon
- Adam SeyboldYoung Paul
Stills
Themes
small towncanadasnowstormbartenderdebtdrifterhitchhikingphone callbardramaticcomplicated