The Cold Lands (2013)

Director
Tom Gilroy

Main cast
Silas Yelich; Lili Taylor; Peter Scanavino; Maggie Low; Nick Sandow

Genres
Drama

Description
After his mother’s sudden death, a young boy disappears into the deep woods of upstate New York and takes up with an unpredictable and mysterious drifter.


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