Film

20th Century Women

Some things just can't be fixed. Just be there

7.3

1h 58m

2016

“Some things just can't be fixed. Just be there”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Mike Mills

Trailer

Drama

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