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Lady Bird (2017)

★ 7.3 · 8,990 ratings on TMDB

Fly away home.

Lady Bird poster★ 7.3

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

DirectorGreta Gerwig
CastBeanie Feldstein, Jordan Rodrigues, Laurie Metcalf, Lois Smith, Lucas Hedges, Odeya Rush
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Lady Bird keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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