The Spitfire Grill

The Spitfire Grill is a 1996 American motion picture that tells a story of a woman who was just released from prison and goes to work in a smalltown caf known as The Spitfire Grill. A central theme is redemption.

The story centers on a young woman named Percy Alison Elliott who was recently released from prison. She arrives in a small town in Maine with hopes of beginning a new life. She lands a job as a waitress in the Spitfire Grill, owned by Hannah Ellen Burstyn, whose gruff exterior conceals a kind heart and little tolerance for the grills regular customers who are suspicious of Percys mysterious past. None is more suspicious than Nahum, Hannahs nephew, although his wife, Shelby, has a kinder curiosity.When Hannah is bedridden after a nasty fall, Percy and Shelby pitch in to save the Grill and win the approval of Hannah, who learns she does need friends. Joe, an attractive young man in town, becomes smitten with Percy. He recruits a scientist who thinks that the towns trees might cure cancer and arthritis. As the plot unfolds, Hannah holds a 100perentry essay contest to find a new owner for the grill. This creates a positive change in the town, but the plans are disrupted by Nahums suspicions about Percy and the revelation that a local hermit is Hannahs shellshocked, Vietnam veteran son. Percy sacrifices her own life to save Hannahs son and prompts a number of the towns citizens to examine their own conduct more deeply. ........

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