Gas Food Lodging

6.3 1992 1h 41m United States of America

Drama Romance

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.

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

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Directors

Allison Anders

Writers

Allison Anders, Richard Peck

Cast

Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, David Lansbury, Jacob Vargas, Donovan Leitch, Chris Mulkey, Laurie O'Brien, Julie Condra, Adam Biesk, Leigh Hamilton, Diane Behrens, J. Mascis

Production

Cineville

Languages

English, Spanish

Countries

United States of America