Dir. Mike Mills
2016, USA, 119 min
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.
Join us for our new series, Staff Picks, where our Cinematheque staff will select and introduce new and old favourites. This month’s selection was chosen by projectionist Kristina Ansari.
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The film feels brilliantly both of another time and of our own.
– Jess Kibler, Bitch Media
