Take Shelter
United States 2011, 120 mins
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain
In white-picket-fence America, a storm is brewing. For Curtis LaForche (Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD), working a construction job means putting food on the table for his stay-at-home wife (Chastain, THE TREE OF LIFE) and young daughter.
Theirs is a modest but happy life, but Curtis increasingly becomes haunted by recurring apocalyptic nightmares and convinced that a terrible plague is coming. He sets about renovating an old tornado bunker, jeopardising his career and home life in the process.
As his behaviour becomes more erratic, driving a splintered wedge between him and those dearest to him, the question remains: is there more to the dark clouds gathered on the horizon than meets the eye? With stunning central performances from Shannon and Chastain, Nichols’ Cannes Critics' Week winner is a uniquely raw, thought-provoking drama that blurs the line between fear and paranoia.
