20th Century Women

20th Century Women

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

2016•1h 58m•7.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(1K)

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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Production

Annapurna Pictures, Archer Gray, Modern People

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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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

Curran Walters

Curran Walters

Matt

Darrell Britt-Gibson

Darrell Britt-Gibson

Julian

Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat

Trish

Nathalie Love

Nathalie Love

Cindy

Cameron Protzman

Cameron Protzman

Teen in Therapy

Victoria Bruno

Teen in Therapy

John Billingsley

John Billingsley

Abbie's ObGyn

Cameron Gellman

Cameron Gellman

Mark

Finnegan Seeker Bell

Brian

Zoë Nanos

Tanya

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