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Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Scott GrahamDirector
- Scott GrahamScreenplay
Cast
- Chloe PirrieShell
- Joseph MawlePete
- Michael SmileyHugh
- Iain De CaesteckerAdam
- Kate DickieClaire
- Morven ChristieYoung Mother
- Brian McCardieHunter
- Tam Dean BurnTrucker
- Paul Thomas HickeyRobert
- Milla GibsonLittle Girl
- Cameron McQuadeBoy