She was the woman of the 'Great Depression'

Jess 2022-03-25 09:01:14

The film introduced today is <20th Century Women> / <20th Century Women> (2016)

Starring: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning , Greta Gerwig , Billy Crudup , Lucas Jade Zuman

We often say that women occupy an indispensable position

If you ever met women during the Great Depression

You will understand that this sentence is not false

Their courage and wisdom in the face of crisis

Not only support families through the crisis

It also played an important role in the process of getting the whole country out of the crisis.

The heroine of this film is a woman during the Great Depression

During the Great Recession when unemployment reached a quarter and half of the banks failed

Women are the power in the home

1 in 3 married women are the sole breadwinner of the family

Therefore, they also have more voice at home

More independent, more rational and more open

It also leads them to want to be able to control the family

Only our mother and son depend on each other

Dorothea (Annette Bening) raised her son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) by herself.

The hardships and bitterness in it are only known to her

Boys grow up without the involvement of their fathers

maybe not perfect

Dorothea never gave up hope

She longs to find a reliable man to be her husband

also became Jamie's father

But she also knows it's not easy to find someone she likes

And the son's day-to-day changes

It made her feel more and more unable to fit into his little world

The urgency to change the way we communicate

So she asked two of Jamie's best friends to help

Hope they can share life with Jamie

Talk to Jamie to keep him from going astray

As a woman in the "Great Depression"

This is also the point of the son's complaints about his mother's character

In fact, my mother is a little overly worried here.

He doesn't want his mother to pay too much attention to him

He can do well by himself

I can grow by myself

Here comes Jamie's life circle

Jamie is deeply in love with a girl named Julie (Elle Fanning)

However, Julie, who has been in a relationship with many people

However, he has to seek spiritual comfort and recognition from Jamie.

Although the two often share the same bed

It is still difficult to maintain a pure friendship

This annoys Jamie

Tenant Abby (Greta Gerwig) shares similar hobbies with Jamie

It's a pity that Abby has uterine cancer and is very likely to be infertile

Jamie's one hospital escort opens up Abby's heart

They are able to talk without barriers and reservations in life

Know when a teen has a cool friend

Mostly a fortune

Although the mother did not ask Jamie to accompany Abby to the hospital

Jamie still does it

This also left a little shock and change in his little heart.

Jamie learned a lot

It seems that there is no mother's urging and worry

Jamie can also grow very well

I'm trying to identify with you

A good mother does not rely solely on others to help her son

She wants to know and feel her son's world

So she put herself in her shoes to see

She also understands that no matter how many obstacles you clear for a person in the process of growing up

He will still wrestle, hit a wall, and be confused

So just accept it

Just be there when he needs it

I think this is an excellent mother

She doesn't force or bind

She can try to be as democratic as possible

give you freedom

it turns out

Even if you don't want to be with me alone

Want me to own and see a more colorful world

But I still want to be with you

better times

20th century women

Not to show how great women can be

But I want to tell about such a wonderful and strong woman

How to get along with my son to spend his youth

The film uses delicate emotions and clever shots

wonderful dialogue

Show how in a better age

Outline new character relationships and character psychology

At the end of the film, we also know everyone's future

It seems a pity, but everything is reasonable

most people are happy

And the world we're after

Are n't most people happy ?


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Extended Reading

20th Century Women quotes

  • Jamie: I thought that was just the beginning of a new relationship with her, where she'd really tell me stuff. But maybe it was never really like that again. Maybe that was it.

    Dorothea: In March of 1999, I'll start to feel tired and confused. When I finally go to the doctor, he will say that the cancer in my lungs had already travelled to my breast and brain. I'll try to teach Jamie what to do with my stocks, but my instructions will be impossible to understand.

    Julie: Abbie will take me to Planned Parenthood. And I will go on the pill. I will go to NYU and lose touch with Jamie and Dorothea, and I will stop talking to my mom, I will fall in love with Nicholas, we will move to Paris, and choose not to have children.

    Abbie: I will stay in Santa Barbara. In just two years, I'll marry Dave. A month after I get married Carlotta will die. A week later, Max will die too. I will work out of my garage and show in local galleries. Against my doctor's advice, I will get pregnant, and by the time I'm thirty I'll have two boys.

    William: I'll live with Dorothea for another year. Then I'll open a pottery store in Sedona Arizona. I will marry Laurie, a singer-songwriter. We'll get divorced in a year. Then I'll meet Sandy, we will marry, and I will continue to do my pottery.

    Jamie: My mom will meet Jim in 1983, they'll be a couple until she dies. On her birthday each year, he will buy her a trip on a biplane. Years after she's gone I'll finally get married and have a son. I'll try to explain to him what his grandmother was like - but it will be impossible.

  • Jamie: [to his mom] You know, when the firemen come... people don't usually invite them for dinner.