SYNOPSIS

Take Shelter.Directed by Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories) and starring Oscar nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Boardwalk Empire) and rising star Jessica Chastain (Tree of Life, The Debt, The Help), TAKE SHELTER was a hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The film went on to win the Cannes 2011 Critics Week Grand Prize, the FIPRESCI Award and most recently the Grand Prize at Deauville.

Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one. Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbours. But the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn’t compare to Curtis’ private fear of what his dreams may truly signify. Faced with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of one kind or another, Curtis confides in Samantha, testing the power of their bond against the highest possible stakes.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

November 25, 2011

DIRECTOR

Jeff Nichols

WRITER

Jeff Nichols

COMPANY

The Works UK Distribution

GENRE

Drama

RUNTIME

120 minutes

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