Title: 20th Century Women
Year: 2016
Director: Mike Mills (Beginners, 2010; Thumbsucker, 2005)
Synopsis: A mother, Dorothea Fields, asks for help from two other women to help raise her son, Jamie. The two women are Abbie, a punk and an artist – and Julie, a sexually and socially progressive teenager. William is a tenant, along with Abbie, in the Field’s home; he is a carpenter and a mechanic. The film takes place in 1979, Santa Barbara, California.
Rationale: Aesthecially strong film which I quite enjoyed.
