Movie
1994
Nell is a 1994 American drama film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by William Nicholson. The film stars Jodie Foster as Nell Kellty, a young North Carolina woman who has to face other people for the first time after being raised by her mother in an isolated cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains. Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, and Nick Searcy are featured in supporting roles.…
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Source Violet Kelty, an elderly recluse, met her death one day within the confines of her isolated mountain cabin in North Carolina. To everyone's surprise, it was discovered that the old woman lived with her daughter, Nell (played by Jodie Foster), who was a complete enigma to the community. Nell's behaviour was often erratic and her means of communication was limited to unintelligible language. Nell's pecul…More
If we are to believe a character in *Nell*, 1994 drama directed by Michael Apted, everyone has an ulterior motive, even Mother Theresa. Finding those ulterior motives is difficult and sometimes impossible, but in the case of those who made this film it is rather easy - whole purpose of this endeavour was to bring another Academy Award to its principal actress Jodie Foster. The plot of this film, based on the play *I…More
