1992R· 101 min
Gas, Food, Lodging
When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.
Drama Romance
6.3 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: Allison Anders
Cast: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper
Tags
coming of agedinermother-daughter relationshipsnew mexiconudity (topless)parent child relationshipsibling relationshipsingle motherteenage daughterunwanted pregnancy
