An elliptical, minimalist narrative of a lost, wandering child in the wake of an affair that may or may not have even happened.
HOLD is a tense, spare, and lean drama about a young couple's relationship in the aftermath of a violent home invasion. Boasting no musical score and filmed in claustrophobic closeups, it investigates the frailty of the hero complex by putting a microscope on American paranoia.
Scott and Amanda have an announcement. Over Sunday dinner they admit to their father and younger brother, Darren, that they've been involved in an incestuous relationship for some years and that Amanda is pregnant. Now Scott and Amanda find themselves not only ostracized from their family but at odds with each other over the pregnancy.
