“20th Century Women” To Debut In NY
“20th Century Women,” the new film from “Beginners” writer/director Mike Mills, will have its world premiere as the centerpiece screening of the 54th New York film festival, it was announced Tuesday. The is the second addition to the event’s lineup, following the reveal of the opening night selection, “The 13th,” Ava DuVernay’s documentary on race and prison. Annette Bening heads the 1970s-set film as a single mother raising her teenage son (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann) in a sprawling bohemian house in Santa Barbara, shared by a carpenter (Billy Crudup) and a punk artist (Greta Gerwig). Elle Fanning rounds out the cast as her son’s rebellious friend. The festival pegs 20th Century Women as a “texturally and behaviorally rich new comedy.”
