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“The Spitfire Grill,” a 1996 Sundance film, takes the classic young-person-changes-a-small-town tale and makes it fresh and alive.

The film begins with the little mountain village of Gilead, Maine. The whole community is as still and unchanging as the forest around it until Percy Talbott, a young ex-felon, comes into town.

Percy is a quiet, solitary girl, but she’s far from delicate. Her mix of tired apathy and innocence is played perfectly with a ghostly expression just starting to show its feelings.

The young girl gets a job at the Spitfire Grill working for Hannah Ferguson, the bitter, demanding old woman who runs the grill.

Within the first half hour of the film, the plot starts spinning: Hannah’s age is catching up to her, and soon she may have to sell the grill. Percy thinks she can raise enough money to keep the place in business, but Hannah is still holding onto a years-old secret.

When a small-town man named Nahum finds out Percy went to jail for murder, all hell breaks loose. The twists at the end are terrible and unthinkable.

The film’s acting is rich, and the simple background of the woods and the grill lets it speak for itself. The story is a lovingly crafted indie film where even the stereotypes are more human.

Look for the musical version of “The Spitfire Grill” premiering next spring at Mary Moody Northen Theatre.