20th Century Women
Single mother Dorothea is concerned about the lack of a male role model for her impressionable son and persuades teenage friend Julie to give him some lessons in living life as it should be lived.
In Santa Barbara in 1979, 15-year-old Jamie lives with his single mother Dorothea in a shared house. Dorothea is concerned about the lack of a male role model for her impressionable son and persuades lodger Abbie and Jamie's teenage friend Julie to give him some lessons in living life as it should be lived.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:04Talking Heads
Psycho Killer
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00:07The Clash
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
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00:08The Clash
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
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00:09Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
In A Sentimental Mood (1991 Remastered)
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00:19Rudy Vallée
As Time Goes By
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00:24Germs
Media Blitz
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00:26Siouxsie and the Banshees
Love In A Void
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00:28Talking Heads
Drugs
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00:47Suicide
Cheree
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01:00Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Basin Street Blues (Rec. 1928)
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01:03Neu!
Lila Engel
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01:07DEVO
Gut Feeling
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01:14David Bowie
DJ
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01:17Talking Heads
The Big Country
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01:45Purepath
Skywalk
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01:48Rudy Vallée
As Time Goes By
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01:48Buzzcocks
Why Can't I Touch It?
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Dorothea Fields | Annette Bening |
| Julie Hamlin | Elle Fanning |
| Abbie Porter | Greta Gerwig |
| William | Billy Crudup |
| Jamie | Lucas Jade Zumann |
| Julie's Mother | Alison Elliott |
| Gail Porter | Thea Gill |
| Director | Mike Mills |
| Writer | Mike Mills |