Gas Food Lodging

A quiet, sun-bleached slice of life that drifts between its characters, feeling tender and a little lonely, with moments of wry humour.

Directed by

Allison Anders

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk

Tagline

When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.

Overview

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Coming-of-age, family, parenthood, identity

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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