20th Century Women
- 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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