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20th Century Women
20th Century Women

20th Century Women

2016 118 min ★ 7.3 Drama

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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Cast

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Dorothea

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Julie

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

Abbie

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

William

Lucas Jade Zumann

Lucas Jade Zumann

Jamie

Alison Elliott

Alison Elliott

Julie's Mother

Thea Gill

Thea Gill

Abbie's Mother

Vitaly Andrew LeBeau

Young Jamie

Olivia Hone

Julie's Sister

Waleed Zuaiter

Waleed Zuaiter

Charlie

Details

Director

Mike Mills

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$5,664,764

Production

Annapurna Pictures, Archer Gray, Modern People

Reviews

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iheardthatmoviewas

November 3, 2016

The year is 1979 and Dorothea Fields finds herself in her 50s raising a teenage boy, Jaime, while running a house in Santa Barbara that is always going through renovations. Jaime’s father is not in the picture but who needs a father when your mother rents rooms to a handful of particular individuals ranging from different generations. Director Mike Mills casts three powerful actresses, Annette Be...

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Reno

September 8, 2017

★ 7/10

**Rather a 20th century tale!** You have seen films like this often. This is where a chick film meets art. Art means not the flick full of inspiration, message, awareness. But the presentation was so pleasant. The screenplay carefully picked the right events, and the dialogues were good. The book fanatics would go and look for the original source it was adapted from. But the truth is it was an ...

B

beyondthecineramadome

June 20, 2022

★ 10/10

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

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