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Nell is a 1994 drama film starring Jodie Foster as a young woman who has to face other people for the first time after being raised by her mother in an isolated cabin. The film was directed by Michael Apted, and was based on Mark Handley's play Idioglossia. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. Foster was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role. She also won a Screen Actors Guild Award.
When stroke victim Violet Kellty dies in her home in the North Carolina forest, the town doctor, Jerry Lovell (Liam Neeson), finds a terrified young woman hiding in the rafters of the house. She speaks angrily and rapidly, but seems to have a language of her own. Looking at Violet's Bible, he finds a note asking whoever finds it to look after her daughter, Nell. The sheriff shows him a news clipping from which he surmises that Nell (Jodie Foster) is the dead woman’s daughter, conceived by a rapist.
Jerry seeks the help of Dr. Paula Olsen (Natasha Richardson), a researcher working with autistic children. Paula and her colleague Dr. Paley (Richard Libertini) are interested in studying a "wild child" and Dr. Paley continues to call her this even after studying films of her which show she does not fit the "wild child" profile. They immediately get a court order giving them permission to institutionalize Nell for "further study". Lovell is warned just in time to get his own lawyer and prevent it. After legal maneuvering, a judge gives Olsen and Lovell three months to interact with Nell and see what her actual needs are. Paula shows up on a houseboat with electronic equipment to monitor Nell's behavior; Jerry just sits in the house and listens to Nell.
Nell, a bitter vengeful old woman seeks revenge on her neighbour, Brid Doyle, for stealing her true love, Michael, many years ago. When Michael dies, Nell feels free to launch her attack. Her revenge is sought in the lowest fashion imaginable, using Brid's own son, Sonny. She uses his weakness to her advantage, capitalising on his misfortune, to drive him into dangerous and deadly actions. The cycle of retribution continues...
Keywords: dublin-ireland, ireland, irish
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