20th Century Women
20th Century Women
“ Some things just can't be fixed. Just be there ”
CINEMA2016-12-28
DIGITAL2017-04-06
RegionUS
Runtime105 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Mike Mills directs a warm, funny, deeply personal tribute to the women who raise and shape young men.”
Storyline
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 provocat
DIRECTOR / Director
Mike Mills
KEYWORDS
parent child relationship1970sbalconyfeminismpunk rockcoming of agefeministfree spiritsingle mothergeneration gapsanta barbaracaliforniamother son relationshipteenager
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