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© Neil Kellerhouse Et Mike Mills Annette Bening Elle Fanning Greta Gerwig © NEIL KELLERHOUSE ET MIKE MILLS ANNETTE BENING ELLE FANNING GRETA GERWIG LUCAS JADE ZUMANN ET BILLY CRUDUP ÉCRIT ET RÉALISÉ PAR MIKE MILLS DISTRIBUTION PRESSE MARS FILMS DELPHINE OLIVIER 66, RUE DE MIROMESNIL TÉL. : 04 42 59 19 15 75008 PARIS 06 89 09 57 95 TÉL. : 01 56 43 67 20 [email protected] [email protected] BANDE ANNONCE, PHOTOS ET DOSSIER DE PRESSE TÉLÉCHARGEABLES SUR WWW.MARSFILMS.COM Santa Barbara, été 1979. L’époque est marquée par la contestation et d’importants changements culturels. Dorothea Fields, la cinquantaine, élève seule son fils Jamie. Elle décide de faire appel à deux jeunes femmes pour que le garçon, aujourd’hui adolescent, s’ouvre à d’autres regards sur le monde : Abbie, artiste punk à l’esprit frondeur qui habite chez Dorothea, et sa voisine Julie, 17 ans, aussi futée qu’insoumise… « LE FUTUR VIENT TOUJOURS TROP VITE ET PAS DANS LE BON ORDRE. » ALVIN TOFFLER, « LE CHOC DU FUTUR » 1979 marque une formidable période de transition. C’est la que 20TH CENTURY WOMEN est une ode nostalgique à une Le film est également une déclaration d’amour à la mère de dernière année du mandat de Jimmy Carter. En Iran, la époque d’innocence à jamais révolue. » Mills et aux femmes qui l’ont élevé. Le cinéaste confie :« En un Révolution islamique a commencé, parallèlement à la crise des C’est dans ce contexte que Dorothea, mère célibataire vivant à sens, c’est l’histoire de la rencontre entre la «Génération otages à l’ambassade des États-Unis. Pour la première fois, les Santa Barbara, doit elle aussi affronter les mutations de la grandiose» et la «Génération X» – puisque ma mère est née Américains ont le sentiment de ne plus pouvoir maîtriser leur société. Suite à des bouleversements dans sa vie privée, cette dans les années 20 et moi à la fin des années 60. D’un certain besoin croissant de pétrole : la dépendance à l’égard du Moyen- logeuse à l’esprit bohème demande à ses locataires de l’aider point de vue, le film raconte une histoire d’amour entre une Orient aboutit à de longues files d’attente aux stations-services à préparer son fils aux vicissitudes du monde. Résultat : mère et son fils – une histoire d’amour profonde et totalement et à une « crise énergétique » présente sur toutes les lèvres. le jeune garçon découvre les joies rebelles du punk rock, à part – mais qui ne peut pas leur procurer l’ancrage Désormais, les véhicules énergivores n’ont plus la cote et la dangereuse séduction de l’art et de l’amour et la fragilité de émotionnel auquel ils aspirent tous les deux. Le film tente l’industrie automobile de Detroit perd de sa puissance. Le pays la vie. d’évoquer ces moments fugaces où l’on ressent un lien très fort plonge alors dans la récession. Carter prononce son discours avec un proche, ces moments délicats de grâce, de sur la « crise de confiance ». Brenda Ann Spencer, adolescente 20TH CENTURY WOMEN est une comédie dramatique qui mêle compréhension et de proximité, qui sont plus fragiles et responsable du meurtre de deux adultes dans une école, donne les parcours intimes de ses personnages aux changements éphémères qu’on ne le pense – mais quand ils se produisent, lieu à la première affaire du genre de l’époque contemporaine. profonds que traverse la société américaine. Le film est tour à même s’ils ne durent pas, ils nous marquent pour longtemps. » Le pays connaît son accident nucléaire le plus grave à la tour une histoire d’amour et de liens familiaux précaires et un centrale de Three Mile Island. Les classes moyennes ont de plus hommage à la force des femmes de toutes générations. Chemin en plus recours à la psychothérapie. Apple entre en bourse. faisant, il montre combien notre quotidien peut devenir, avec Margaret Thatcher est nommée Premier ministre du Royaume- le recul des années, une époque sur laquelle on porte un regard APRÈS BEGINNERS Uni. Quant à la contre-culture, elle perd du terrain… émerveillé. « Je lui ai dit que la vie était riche et pleine de surprises, qu’il D’une certaine manière, c’est à cette époque que les Quatre fois citée à l’Oscar, Annette Bening campe une femme découvrirait les animaux, les arbres, le ciel, les villes, la problématiques, les technologies et les enjeux culturels que discrète mais toujours prête à héberger ceux qui ont besoin musique, le cinéma et les stars et les couleurs, et qu’il le ferait nous qualifions aujourd’hui de « contemporains » font leur d’un toit. Dorothea est une mère qui fait face à des changements à son rythme. Et qu’il découvrirait aussi les baisers, l’amitié, apparition. Comme l’explique Mike Mills : « Les années 78-79 majeurs : elle nous rappelle que les enfants de la Grande et l’amour et qu’il aurait lui-même des enfants. » marquent le début de la période contemporaine, même si vers Dépression sont devenus les parents des années 70 – et que ce la fin de cette décennie on n’était absolument pas préparé aux sont leurs fils et leurs filles qui ont façonné notre société Le précédent film de Mike Mills, BEGINNERS, qui a valu à grands bouleversements qui suivront : les répercussions de la actuelle. « Je voulais raconter une histoire intime, ponctuée de Christopher Plummer un Oscar et un Golden Globe, s’inspirait politique de Reagan, la cupidité des années 80, la tragédie du moments de grâce, dans une période chaotique et m’intéresser du père du réalisateur qui a attendu ses 75 ans pour assumer Sida, l’impact de l’Internet, les événements du 11 septembre à la manière dont d’insondables trajectoires personnelles se pleinement son homosexualité. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN et les disparités liées au libéralisme sauvage. D’où le sentiment mêlent à des évolutions sociales majeures », note Mike Mills. s’appuie, en revanche, sur la plus grande proximité entre Mills et sa mère. Pourtant, hormis quelques points communs (MoCA) et au Musée d’art moderne de San Francisco (SFMOMA). antidépresseurs au Japon. En 2010, le succès de BEGINNERS fondamentaux – l’inspiration autobiographique, l’humour, un Pour lui, l’art doit entretenir un rapport avec le monde qui impose Mills comme un cinéaste majeur. certain penchant pour l’art, une fascination pour la fugacité l’entoure : son œuvre montre que des moments d’intimité des choses et un style visuel proche du collage –, les deux films peuvent, comme les pièces d’un puzzle, trouver leur place sur Mais c’est avec 20TH CENTURY WOMEN qu’il relève son plus sont très différents. Tout d’abord parce que, comme son titre de vastes échiquiers culturel, sociétal et historique. Comme le grand défi. Car lorsqu’un homme met en scène les femmes, le l’indique, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN parle de l’identité des dit le slogan féministe, « le personnel est politique ». propos n’est pas toujours des plus convaincants. Or, Mills a femmes aux États-Unis vers la fin du siècle dernier. non seulement puisé dans sa propre adolescence, profondément Les tout premiers courts métrages de Mills témoignent de sa marquée par la présence de femmes fascinantes, mais il s’est Quel que soit son moyen d’expression, Mills a toujours mêlé des passion pour la dimension drôle et insolite du quotidien et nourri d’entretiens et de lectures pour mettre au point des histoires personnelles à des événements historiques. Comme les tendances éphémères de la culture actuelle. DEFORMER portraits au féminin de trois générations différentes, à divers beaucoup de sa génération – celle qu’on désigne simplement (2000) s’attache à l’univers de l’artiste et skateur stades de leur parcours : Dorothea, qui a grandi pendant la d’un «X» ambivalent, coincée entre les baby-boomers et la professionnel Ed Templeton, tandis que PAPERBOYS (2001) Grande Dépression et qui doit concilier sa vie professionnelle génération Y –, l’homme est inclassable. Il mène depuis se penche sur le métier de livreur de journaux voué à et sa vie de mère, Abbie, artiste issue du baby-boom et Julie, longtemps une carrière pluridisciplinaire comme graphiste et disparaître. Dans son premier long métrage, ÂGE DIFFICILE adolescente incarnant la Génération X. réalisateur. Il a ainsi conçu les pochettes d’albums des Beastie OBSCUR (2005), adapté du roman de Walter Kirn, il offre un Boys et de Sonic Youth, collaboré aux clips d’Air, Pulp et Yoko point de vue original sur le malaise et les angoisses de « J’ai été élevée par une femme au fort tempérament, et le Ono et exposé ses œuvres picturales dans plusieurs galeries du l’adolescence. Puis, il enchaîne avec le documentaire DOES scénario est très proche de ce qu’était sa vie, affirme le monde entier, au Musée d’art contemporain de Los Angeles YOUR SOUL HAVE A COLD? (2007), autour de l’arrivée des réalisateur. Mon père était présent, mais pas pendant mon enfance. Quand j’étais enfant, je passais l’essentiel de mon compris qu’elle aspirait moins à vivre une grande histoire c’est le rythme de ces mutations qui est inédit depuis la fin du temps avec ma mère et mes deux sœurs. Depuis, je fréquente d’amour avec lui qu’à être Bogart ! Un leitmotiv est revenu XXème siècle. Tout va tellement vite ! Et si j’ai adoré ce scénario, surtout des femmes et je crois avoir compris très tôt qu’en sans cesse pendant l’écriture du personnage : Qu’est-ce que c’est notamment parce que j’étais une jeune fille en 1979, cherchant à cerner les femmes de mon entourage, j’assurais ferait Bogart dans cette situation ? » vivant en Californie, si bien que je m’identifie aux personnages ma propre survie.
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