Nell

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Nell is a 1994 drama film starring Jodie Foster as a young woman raised by her mother in an isolated cabin who has to face other human beings for the first time. 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, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award. Tagline:Language beyond understanding. Life beyond words. Discover... Nell Kellty's mother was paralyzed on one side, which contributed to the oddity of Nell's speech. Technically, because she lives in a house, cooks her food, wears clothing and competently performs routine household tasks, she is not a "wild child" or feral child. But she seems like one to outsiders at first, because of her terror of strangers, her sometimes ritualistic behaviour, and her unintelligible, idiosyncratic language. This language, called Nellish by the doctors studying Nell, is made up of...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Nell. You should replace/update it...