Shell

Scott Graham : 2012

The tale of Shell, who lives and works with her father in their small remote petrol station in the Scottish Highlands, of their fight against the elements, and of their impossible love for each other during a winter that will be her last one at the fuel stop. 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. Shell is a teenage girl giving people fuel to move on with their lives while she cannot. 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. The director's debut feature, a Scottish 'roadside' movie, premiered in competition at San Sebastián Film Festival 2012.