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.
Annette Bening
as Dorothea Fields
Lucas Jade Zumann
as Jamie Fields
Greta Gerwig
as Abbie Porter
Elle Fanning
as Julie Miller
Billy Crudup
as William
Alison Elliott
as Julie's Mother
Thea Gill
as Gail Porter (Abbie's Mother)
Vitaly Andrew LeBeau
as Young Jamie
Olivia Hone
as Julie's Sister
Waleed Zuaiter
as Charlie
Curran Walters
as Matt
Darrell Britt-Gibson
as Julian
