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Why this pick
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MOVIE2016 1h 59m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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 neighbor – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Elle Fanning
Julie Miller
Lucas Jade Zumann
Jamie Fields
Alia Shawkat
Trish
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Julian
Finn Roberts
Tim Drammer
Kirk Bovill
Dorothea's Dinner Guest
John Billingsley
Doctor
Curran Walters
Matt