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20th Century Women

★★★★☆  film

20th Century Women

In 1979, a single mother conscripts two younger women into the rearing of her teenage son, and the film blossoms into a love letter to the women who compose a person. Annette Bening, in a performance of quiet and immaculate authority.

what it left me with

You are raised by far more hands than your parents’ alone. Take note of everyone who taught you how to be, and deliver your thanks while it can still be heard.

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