The story of Shell, a girl who lives with her father Pete in a remote gas station in the Scottish Highlands, in their struggle against the elements and the impossible love they feel during the last winter that she will be in that place.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Chloe Pirrie | ... | Shell | |
| Michael Smiley | ... | Hugh | |
| Joseph Mawle | ... | Pete | |
| Iain De Caestecker | ... | Adam | |
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Paul Thomas Hickey | ... | Robert (as Paul Hickey) |
| Kate Dickie | ... | Claire | |
| Morven Christie | ... | Young Mother | |
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Milla Gibson | ... | Daughter |
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Tam Dean Burn | ... | Trucker |
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The story of Shell, a girl who lives with her father Pete in a remote gas station in the Scottish Highlands, in their struggle against the elements and the impossible love they feel during the last winter that she will be in that place. The Scottish Scott Graham in the feature film debut with an adaptation of his short Shell, winner of the London Short Film Festival. His next short film, Native Son, was released in the Critics' Week in Cannes in 2010. Written by Sddq.Shahid
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highlands | gas station | father and daughter in bed | teenage daughter | father daughter relationship |Genres:
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15 March 2013 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Little Loch Broom, near Badcaul, Highland, ScotlandCompany Credits
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Shell: Shell, like the unique and beautiful thing you find in the sea.
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Written by Kenny Anderson
Licensed courtesy of Domino publishing Co Ltd, (PRS)
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Robert: Shell? Like the petrol station?Shell: Shell, like the unique and beautiful thing you find in the sea.
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My Favourite Girl in All The WorldWritten by Kenny Anderson
Licensed courtesy of Domino publishing Co Ltd, (PRS)
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I recorded this not knowing what it was about, then set down to watch it 3 months later. As the movie progressed, clearly slower than most action movies, my curiosity and expectation turned into a growing sense of awkwardness as the scenes unfolded. A young woman unaware of - or grappling with her own sexuality becomes the focus of male urges in forbidden, fleeting or equally desperate desires. The location of desolate isolation intensifies the storyline of her yearning to break free from her roadside, family-tied prison-without-walls young life, and the pace becomes irrelevant or perhaps magnetizing. Genuine tension fills the air with each customer visit with growing concern of the outcome. This movie is a triumph in awkwardness. Well done Director.