20th Century Women

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20th Century Women (2016)

R 12/28/2016 (US) Drama 1h 59m

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In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

Mike Mills

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Annette Bening

Dorothea Fields
Lucas Jade Zumann

Jamie Fields
Greta Gerwig

Abbie Porter
Elle Fanning

Julie Miller
Billy Crudup

William
Alison Elliott

Julie's Mother
Thea Gill

Gail Porter (Abbie's Mother)
Vitaly Andrew LeBeau

Young Jamie
Olivia Hone

Julie's Sister
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A review by beyondthecineramadome

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Written by beyondthecineramadome on June 20, 2022

Full review: https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/-20th-century-women-review

Director Mike Mills has described 20th Century Women as a love letter to his childhood set in a sleepy Santa Barbara of 1979. Dorothea (Annette Bening) runs a boarding house and lives with her son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zimmerman), Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a photographer, and William (Billy Crudup), an auto mechanic. Always hanging around the house is Julie (Elle Fanning), a good friend of Jamie. Dorothea is a single mother and enlists the help of Julie and Abbie to teach Jamie how to be... read the rest.

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