Shell (2012)

6.2/10 91 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Chloe Pirrie

Shell

Joseph Mawle

Pete

Michael Smiley

Hugh

Iain De Caestecker

Adam

Kate Dickie

Claire

Morven Christie

Young Mother

Brian McCardie

Hunter

Tam Dean Burn

Trucker

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