Shell
2012, Film, 91 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 64
Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.
Directed by Scott Graham
Cast
- Chloe Pirrie as Shell
- Michael Smiley as Hugh
- Joseph Mawle as Pete
- Iain De Caestecker as Adam
- Paul Thomas Hickey as Robert
- Kate Dickie as Claire
- Morven Christie as Young Mother
- Milla Gibson as Daughter
- Tam Dean Burn as Trucker
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