20th Century Women

In 1979, a single mother and boardinghouse landlord decides that the best way she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her young tenants—a quirky punk photographer, a mellow handyman and her son’s shrewd but troubled best friend—to serve as his role models in a rapidly changing world., In this tender dramedy set in 1979, a single mom and boardinghouse landlord decides that the best way she can parent her teen son is to enlist her tenants—a punk photographer, a handyman and her son’s troubled best friend—to serve as his role models in a rapidly changing world., In 1979, a single mom and boardinghouse landlord decides that the best way she can parent her teen son is to enlist her young tenants—a quirky punk photographer, a mellow handyman and her son’s shrewd but troubled best friend—to serve as his role models in a rapidly changing world., During the summer of 1979, at the sunset of the Carter presidency, a Santa Barbara single mom and boardinghouse landlord (Annette Bening) decides that the best way she can parent her teenage son (Lucas Jade Zumann) is to enlist her young tenants — a quirky punk photographer (Greta Gerwig), a mellow handyman (Billy Crudup), and her son’s shrewd but troubled best friend (Elle Fanning) — to serve as his role models in a rapidly changing world. Written and directed by Mike Mills (Beginners).