Movie poster for Gas Food Lodging
TMDb Rating
6.3/10

68 verified votes

Gas Food Lodging (1992)

DramaRomance
101 min

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

Plot 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

Top Cast

Brooke AdamsIone SkyeFairuza BalkJames BrolinRobert Knepper

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