The Evening Hour

The Evening Hour is a 2020 American drama film, directed by Braden King from a screenplay by Elizabeth Palmore. It is based upon the 2012 novel of the same name by Carter Sickels. It stars Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé and Lili Taylor. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020. It was released on July 30, 2021 by Strand Releasing. Plot Cole works as a nursing aide at an elderly care facility in rural Appalachia. As a side job, he redistributes excess medication from residents to local buyers. Cole sees himself as a caretaker who keeps addicts out of the path of the town’s drug kingpin. His double life becomes suddenly threatened when a childhood friend returns after years away with plans to follow Cole into the local drug trade. Cast Philip Ettinger as Cole Freeman Stacy Martin as Charlotte Carson Cosmo Jarvis as Terry Rose Michael Trotter as Reese Campbell Kerry Bishé as Lacy Cooper Lili Taylor as Ruby Freeman Marc Menchaca as Everett Ross Partridge as Randy Frank Hoyt Taylor as Clyde Freeman Tess Harper as Dorothy Freeman