20th Century Women
Five years since his semi-autobiographical Beginners and writer-director Mike Mills mines his life once more for this engaging drama. Set in Santa Barbara in 1979, fifteen-year-old Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) lives in a dilapidated house in the process of remodelling with mum Dorothea (Bening), Bowie-obsessed lodger Abbie (Gerwig) and mechanic/handyman William (Crudup). Mum fears she's out of touch with this new Punk generation and so calls on Abbie and Jamie's clued-in friend Julie (Fanning) to help school her son in the ways of righteousness…
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