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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Nostalgic, intimate, prestige and contemplative.
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- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Annette BeningDorothea
- Elle FanningJulie
- Greta GerwigAbbie
- Billy CrudupWilliam
- Lucas Jade ZumannJamie
- Alison ElliottJulie's Mother
- Thea GillAbbie's Mother
- Vitaly Andrew LeBeauYoung Jamie
- Olivia HoneJulie's Sister
- Waleed ZuaiterCharlie
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- Mike MillsDirector
- Mike MillsWriter
- Sean PorterDirector of Photography
- Roger NeillOriginal Music Composer
- Leslie JonesEditor
- Anne CareyProducer
- Megan EllisonProducer
- Youree HenleyProducer
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