---
title: 'Take Shelter (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jeff Nichols'
released: '2011-01-24'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/take-shelter-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Take Shelter (2011)

2011 · 121 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Take Shelter is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. The plot follows a young husband and father (Shannon) who, plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself and his increasing worry over having paranoid schizophrenia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jeff Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-nichols)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeff Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-nichols)
- **Producer:** [Sophia Lin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophia-lin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Adam Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-stone)

## Cast

- [Michael Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-shannon)
- [Shea Whigham](https://cinepixo.com/people/shea-whigham)
- [Ken Strunk](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-strunk)
- [Jessica Chastain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-chastain)
- [Katy Mixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/katy-mixon)
- [LisaGay Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisagay-hamilton)
- [Kathy Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-baker)
- [Ray McKinnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mckinnon)

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Official site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/takeshelter
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/take-shelter-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q762877); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.