In 1979 Santa Barbara, Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening) 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 (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie (Elle Fanning), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour -- to help with Jamie's upbringing.

Eldridge Street and Division Street, Chinatown, Manhattan.

114 Madison Street (btw Market Street and Catherine Street) Manhattan.

Madison Street and Market Street, Chinatown, Manhatttan.