The photos, the movie clips, the newsreel clips are all ways that help him, the director, and jamie, the narrator, to remember. A film about nothing specific boasts rush of gorgeous moments, a standout performance from annette bening and profound thoughts on family. Millss new film is a throwback to his teenage years in the late 1970s, when he was raised by his mother with the help of two older sisters. From acclaimed filmmaker mike mills the academy awardwinning beginners, and starring annette bening, elle fanning, greta gerwig, lucas jade zumann, and billy crudup. Some of our characters can be a bit over the top as they explore the world and try find their places. The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of southern california of 1979. Annette bening and elle fanning at an event for 20th century women 2016. From what i see, this movie is about a boy learning how to be a man through a strong female support system.
The house location was used for the exterior shots in the film adaptation of. Parents need to know that 20th century women is a thoughtprovoking, compassionate, and stirring dramedy about a single mother annette bening and her 15yearold son lucas jade zumann in the late 1970s. Annette bening stars as a complicated and divorced santa barbara mother in mike millss funny, emotionally piercing new film. Its a comingofage movie that deals with weighty subjects like divorce, parenting, identity, relationships, sex, and intimacy but also conveys the importance of communication between. The most pleasurable aspect of 20th century women and its pleasurable throughout is that it allows itself to be messy. Though not without flaws, this film is so wellintentioned that it transports the viewer to a different time. Watch the new trailer for 20th century women from acclaimed.
Bening should be nominated in one of the best recent films. The film is set in 1970s southern california and based in part on mills childhood the film had its world premiere at the new york film festival on october 8, 2016, and was theatrically released on december 28. Nobody who makes movies can ever do anything else but reveal himself on film, and what mills brings out in 20th century women is a. With annette bening, elle fanning, greta gerwig, billy crudup. Mike millss toosweet 20th century women the new yorker. From what i see, this movie is about a boy learning how to be a man. Jamie lucas jade zumann, the boy in 20th century women, is an. During the summer of 1979, a santa barbara single mom and.