The Yellow Handkerchief
Academy Award® winner William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart and Eddie Redmayne star in this provocative and penetrating look into the motives of the human heart.
The film, written by Erin Dignam and shot by Academy Award® winning cinematographer Chris Menges, was directed by Udayan Prasad (My Son The Fanatic?) and produced by the multiple Academy Award® winner Arthur Cohn.
Brett Hanson (William Hurt) is an ex-convict, just released from prison after serving six years for manslaughter and now adrift in a world of new freedoms and responsibilities.
Finding initial difficulties in reconciling himself to a troubled past, Brett crosses paths with lonely and troubled teenager Martine (Kristen Stewart) and her new ride? Gordy (Eddie Redmayne).
The trio head out in the same car and direction Martine to cut loose and get away from her family, Gordy to get closer to Martine, and Brett who must decide whether he wants to return to his troubled past and an uncertainty with May (Maria Bello) the woman that he left behind.
Once on the road, the trio find their relationships forging and changing in myriad ways, but it is Brett's story and his need to reconcile his past to his future that drives the two young people to reassess their own passages as well.
Starring: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart