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Shell

Synopsis

In a remote part of the Scottish Highlands, a father and daughter live and work at a small petrol station. They spend their days tending to domestic chores and to the needs of rare passing motorists. At night they are forced together by the cold and by their loneliness. An intense story of two people who struggle to keep their longings for freedom under control, set against a beautiful and remote landscape that reflects their isolation back at them.

Details

Year
2012
Type of film
Features
Running time
90 mins
Director
Scott Graham 1st Feature
Producer
David Smith, Margaret Matheson
Editor
Rachel Tunnard
Screenwriter
Scott Graham
Director of Photography
Yoliswa Gärtig
Production Designer
James Lapsley
Sound
Douglas MacDougall
Principal cast
Joseph Mawle, Chloe Pirrie

Genre

Scottish

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Brocken Spectre

Digicult, 6th Floor
41 St Vincent Place
Glasgow
G1 4ER
Scotland
UK
Tel: +44 (0)141 221 5290

Bard Entertainments

Walnut Tree Walk
London
SE11 6DN
UK
Tel: +44 (0)207 043 9749

Sales Company

BAC Films

88, rue de la Folie-Méricourt
Paris 75011
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 53 52 52
Fax: +33 (0)1 53 53 52 53

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