“20th Century Women” quotes
(2016)
Title 20th Century Women
Year 2016
Director Mike Mills
Genre Drama, Comedy
Year 2016
Director Mike Mills
Genre Drama, Comedy
Plot – 20th Century Women is a 2016 American comedy-drama film set in 1970s Southern California. It centers the life of long divorced fifty-five year old chain smoker Dorothea Fields, an independently and liberally minded woman who has not had a man in her life since the divorce, and her fifteen year old son, Jamie Fields. Dorothea is concerned that without a male influence, her son won't turn into the adult she would want him to become. She turns to two other women in their lives to help her provide guidance to Jamie.
All actors – Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann, Alison Elliott, Thea Gill, Vitaly Andrew LeBeau, Olivia Hone, Curran Walters, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Alia Shawkat, Nathalie Love, Cameron Protzman, John Billingsley, Cameron Gellman, Finnegan Seeker Bell, Zoë Nanos, Lauren Foley, Gareth Williams, J. Francisco Rodriguez, Zoë Worth, Finn Roberts, Laura Wiggins, Rick Gifford, Paul Tigue, Matthew Foster, Kirk Bovill, Victoria Hoffman, Christina Offley, Randy Ryan,
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“ My son was born in 1964. He grew up with a meaningless war, with protests, with Nixon, with nice cars and nice houses, computers, drugs, boredom. I know him less every day.”
“Age is a bourgeois construct.”
“I don't wanna just have sex with you.I want you.But it's your version of me.It's not me.It would be a lot better if you just wanted sex.”
“Love is supposed to be a feeling that you feel.People say that they're falling in love, but they're not actually falling in love.It's a fake connection that you feel with someone and marriage should never happen.”
“I think history has been tough on men.I mean, they can't be what they were,and they can't figure out what's next.”
“I think being strong is the most important quality. It's not being vulnerable, it's not being sensitive. Honestly, it's not even being happy. It's about strength and your durability against the other emotions.”
“Men always feel that they have to fix things for women, but they're not doing anything. Some things just can't be fixed. Just be there, somehow that's hard for all of you.”
“Having your heart broken is a tremendous way to learn about the world.”
“Whatever you think your life is going to be like, just know, it's not gonna be anything like that.”
“Wondering if you're happy is a great shortcut to just being depressed.”
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