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Gas Food Lodging (1992)

Gas Food Lodging (1992)

Drama Romance

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

Release Date: 1992, July 10
Directors: Allison Anders
Countries: United States of America
Production: Cineville
Cast: Ione Skye, Marabina Jaimes, Chris Mulkey, Carlos Augusto Cestero, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, Fairuza Balk, Jacob Vargas, Julia Vera, David Lansbury, Diane Behrens, Mariah O'Brien

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.

Keywords:

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