When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.
Drama · Romance
Release date: 7/10/1992
Allison Anders
Director
Allison Anders
Screenplay
Richard Peck
Novel
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.
Where to watch
Included with subscription
fuboTV
Free (with ads)
Cast
Brooke Adams
Nora
Ione Skye
Trudi
Fairuza Balk
Shade
James Brolin
John Evans
Robert Knepper
Dank
David Lansbury
Hamlet
Jacob Vargas
Javier
Donovan Leitch
Darius
Chris Mulkey
Raymond
Laurie O'Brien
Thelma
Julie Condra
Tanya
Adam Biesk
Brett
Leigh Hamilton
Kim
Diane Behrens
Hostess
J. Mascis
Cecil
Tiffany Anders
Persi
Sissy Boyd
Rocio
Jeffrey McDonald
Long Haired Boy
Bill Kemp
Jock
Graci Lund
Girl
