Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food. The story follows his journey south from Scotland on his annual pilgrimage to a temporary Christmas shelter in London where he finds comfort, friendship and warmth. Over the course of his Homeric journey, Hector decides to reconnect with his long estranged past. As his previous life catches up with him, the story of how he came to be leading a marginal life begins to emerge.

Shell

2012

English

6.4

♡ 12

90%

parent child relationship

scotland

Scott Graham Director

Iain De Caestecker as Adam

Kate Dickie as Claire

Joseph Mawle as Pete

Morven Christie as Young Mother

Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.

Incendiary

2008

English

5.8

♡ 11

20%

Sharon Maguire Director

Ewan McGregor as Jasper Black

Nicholas Gleaves as Lenny

Matthew Macfadyen as Terrence Butcher

Michelle Williams as Young Mother

A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.

The Tall Target

1951

English

7.2

♡ 6

100%

66%

Adventure

american civil war

assassination of president

political assassination

Thriller

treason

Western

Anthony Mann Director

Peter Brocco as Fernandina

Paula Raymond as Ginny Beaufort

Regis Toomey as Insp. Tim Reilly

Barbara Billingsley as Young Mother

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

Taped Up Memories

2023

English

3.6

♡ 1

found footage

Horror

Sam Mason-Bell Director

Rich Millyard as Davey

Ella Palmer as Rhea

Daisey Hodder as Young daughter

Hannah-Cait Harrison as Young Mother

The following footage was recovered from a damaged camera found at the site of a main road in the south of England in 2003. The camera was found close to the scene of multiple murders.

Raining Stones

1993

English

♡ 6

100%

Ken Loach Director

Stephen Lord as

Tom Hickey as Father Barry

Ricky Tomlinson as Tommy

Karen Henthorn as Young Mother

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

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