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20th Century Women (2016)

20th Century Women
20th Century Women
R
Drama
Comedy
Documentary

Release Date
December 28, 2016
Director
Mike Mills
Cast
Elle Fanning , Billy Crudup , Greta Gerwig , Annette Bening , John Billingsley , Thea Gill
Runtime
118
Main Genre
Drama
Studio
A24
Writers
Mike Mills

Summary

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.

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