Nell

1994 · 112 min · dir. Michael Apted

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. Based on Mark Handley's play Idioglossia, the script for Nell was developed by co-producer Renée Missel and was inspired by Handley's time living in the Cascade Mountains in the 1970s, and the story of Poto and Cabengo, twins who created their own language. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.