He aha ka hana ʻana o nā wahine? Mai nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana mai nā keiki, mai ka hana aloha a aloha ʻole ʻia, mai ka cigakeke a me nā kāmaʻa nani, nā kumukūʻai a me nā pilina no hoʻokahi ahiahi, mai ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻike iā ʻoe iho a ʻae i kou mau makahiki. ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, ʻo ia ka mea i hana ʻia ai "nā wahine o ka XNUMXth century" i ke keaka o ka inoa hoʻokahi e Michael Mills, nostalgic a nani hoʻi.
ʻO Dorothea (Annette Bening), 55, hoʻokiʻekiʻe hoʻokahi i kāna keiki ʻōpio, hoʻomālamalama i ka cigakeke ma hope o kekahi, makemake ʻo ia e nānā iā Casablanca i kahi pilina mau. ʻO kahi keiki o ka Great Depression, ua moe ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he pailaka, a ua lilo ʻo ia i mea kākau wahine mua ma kahi ʻoihana nui. ʻAʻole maikaʻi, akā ʻaʻole ia ke ola a Dorothea i noʻonoʻo ai. Hoʻāʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e nalowale i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana: "ʻO ka hopohopo inā hauʻoli paha ʻoe ke ala mua e paheʻe ai i ke kaumaha."
ʻO 1979 ka makahiki, ʻo Santa Barbara kēia. Hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i nā keʻena i loko o kahi hale nui loa iā ia a me kāna keiki, hoʻolauna ʻo ia me nā malihini, lawe i kekahi manawa i nā kāne i kona wahi, a ʻo ka mea nui loa ʻo ia e mālama i ke ʻano o ka hānai ʻana i kahi kāne maikaʻi mai kāna keiki ʻo Jamie. ʻIke ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō iā ia iho (ʻo 15 ke keikikāne, ʻo ia hoʻi, aia nā pāʻani pāʻani weliweli a me ka hoihoi i nā kaikamahine ma ka papahana), kāhea ʻo ia iā Abby (Greta Gerwig) a me Julie (Elle Fanning) i mau hoa pili.
He 24 makahiki ʻo Abby, he lauoho ʻulaʻula a me ka maʻi maʻi ʻāʻī. Nānā ʻo ia i ke ao nei ma o ka pahu pahupaʻikiʻi, hula i ka wā ʻino loa, a hoʻoheheʻe i kāna keiki ʻo Dorothea i nā palapala wahine radical radical. ʻO Julie, he 17 makahiki, ke kaikamahine a ka psychiatrist, ua hoʻohui ʻia i ka luku ʻana iā ia iho a pono ke kōkua ma mua o Jamie. Aloha ke keikikāne iā ia, ʻaʻole ia e maʻalahi.
He kamaʻilio mau ʻole kēia e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka wahine. Pilikino loa, ʻoiaʻiʻo a piha i ke aloha
He mau wahine lākou a pau o ke kenekulia iwakālua. Nalo a ikaika, palupalu a wiwo ʻole, ka mea i ʻike i ka pono a aʻo e ala aʻe ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana. ʻO ka hopena o nā makahiki 1970 aia i loko o ka pā, ʻo ia hoʻi e pau koke ka manawa o ka punk, ke kaumaha a me nā kaua weliweli ma hope, aia ma mua o HIV, hoʻomehana honua, ka pilikia o 2000 a me nā loli he nui. e noonoo.
Ma mua o nā mea a pau (me Jamie) he mau makahiki o ke ola piha i ka ʻike, ka hoʻāʻo a me ka hewa, ka ʻike ʻawaʻawa a me ka hauʻoli. Ke waiho nei ia ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona, akā ʻike ʻia ʻo Jamie, kona ʻano a me kona ʻano i ka honua e hoʻohālikelike ʻia e nā wahine i pili iā ia i kona wā ʻōpio. Hoʻopili kēlā me kēia ma kona ala ponoʻī - kamaʻilio, mele, hoʻohālike ponoʻī.
ʻAʻole kuhi ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Mike Mills e kākau i kahi kiʻi hui o kahi wahine o ke kenekulia i hala. ʻO ke kiʻi o Dorothea, i hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1924, ʻoi aku ka mamao loa mai ko mākou mau kupuna wahine a me nā kupuna wahine, i ulu i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole. Akā naʻe, ʻo ke kiʻi o ka "Women of the XNUMXth century" he ākea a hoʻomaopopo. ʻO ka nui, he kamaʻilio manawa ʻole kēia e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka wahine, pilikino, ʻoiaʻiʻo, piha i ke aloha.