20th Century Women
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12/28/2016Runtime
118 minsGenres
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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.
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A tenderly funny portrait of a mother trying to understand her teenage son by enlisting help from the younger women around them, capturing the gap between generations with warmth and humor. The film feels like a series of intimate conversations about life, feminism, and what it means to grow up, set against the bright California sun of the late '70s.
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