Gas Food Lodging
When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.
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7/10/1992Runtime
101 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
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A tender, understated portrait of three women bound by circumstance and blood, navigating desire, disappointment, and the difficult work of caring for each other in a dusty corner of America. The film moves with the unhurried rhythm of everyday struggle, finding quiet moments of grace among the diner booths and motels.
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