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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Annapurna Pictures, Archer Gray, Modern People
- Keyword: parent child relationship, 1970s, balcony, feminism, punk rock, coming of age, feminist, free spirit, single mother, generation gap, santa barbara, california, mother son relationship, teenager
- Cast: Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, Billy Crudup, Alison Elliott