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Muddy Hands

Muddy Hands

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19880h 24m

Overview

A dramatic story of childhood trauma and mystical bonds telling of Matthew, a young boy haunted by a traumatizing memory of witnessing a suffocation death of another child (possibly a friend or playmate). He withdraws and has nightmares about what he saw. He struggles to relive his experience through play and fantasy in the face of an increasingly hostile world while his uncomprehending parents struggle to understand him. During one of his frequent trips to a building site near his house, Matthew meets Anna, a strange mysterious girl with whom he forms a mystical bond that forces him to confront the memory that has obsessed him.

Directed by Evan Dunsky
Written by Evan Dunsky
Produced by Barry Ellsworth, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon
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Top Cast

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Sky Cash

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Jane Montgomery

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Dale Fuller

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Salvador Barone

Matthew

Themes & Keywords

childhood traumadead childhaunted by the pastmysterious girlmysticaltraumatized child

About Muddy Hands

Muddy Hands is a drama, horror, thriller, fantasy film released in 1988 exploring themes of childhood trauma, dead child, haunted by the past, mysterious girl, mystical, traumatized child. Directed by Evan Dunsky, it stars Sky Cash, Jane Montgomery, Dale Fuller. A dramatic story of childhood trauma and mystical bonds telling of Matthew, a young boy haunted by a traumatizing memory of witnessing a suffocation death of another child (possibly a friend or playmate). He withdraws and has nightmares about what he saw. He struggles to relive his experience through play and fantasy in the face of an increasingly hostile world while his uncomprehending parents struggle to understand him. During one of his frequent trips to a building site near his house, Matthew meets Anna, a strange mysterious girl with whom he forms a mystical bond that forces him to confront the memory that has obsessed him.

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