Lady Bird follows Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson, a strong-willed high school senior in Sacramento who dreams of escaping to a prestigious East Coast college. The film tenderly explores her turbulent relationship with her loving but critical mother, as well as her experiences with friendship, romance, and self-discovery. Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story is a heartfelt and humorous portrait of adolescence and the bittersweet longing for something more.
An essential entry — Lady Bird embodies exactly what this collection is about.
Greta Gerwig's debut, nominated for five Academy Awards
Listed here as comparative coming-of-age — Greta Gerwig's American debut shares the new Korean masters' interest in mother-daughter friction and class anxiety that Burning and Parasite both diagnose.