Me aka yi mata? Daga damuwa game da girma da ƙaura daga yara, daga ƙaunataccen kuma aikin da ba a so ba, daga taba sigari da takalma na gaye, ƙididdiga na jari da dangantaka don maraice ɗaya, daga ƙoƙarin samun kanka da yarda da shekarun ku. A kowane hali, wannan shine abin da "mata na karni na XNUMX" aka yi a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na wannan sunan ta Michael Mills, mai ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa.
Dorothea (Annette Bening), 'yar shekara 55, da hannu daya tana renon danta matashi, tana kunna sigari daya bayan daya, ta fi son kallon Casablanca zuwa dangantaka ta dindindin. Yaro na Babban Mawuyacin hali, ya taɓa yin mafarkin yin aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi, kuma ya zama mace ta farko da ke gine-gine a cikin babban kamfani. Ba muni ba ko dai, amma ba rayuwar Dorothea da ta taɓa tunanin ba. Ta yi ƙoƙarin kada ta ɓace cikin tunani: "Damuwa game da ko kuna farin ciki shine hanya ta farko ta shiga cikin baƙin ciki."
Shekarar ita ce 1979, wurin shine Santa Barbara. Ta yi hayar dakuna a cikin wani gida wanda ya fi girma ita da ɗanta, ta yi abokantaka da baƙi, lokaci-lokaci takan kawo maza wurinta, kuma mafi yawan abin da ta damu da yadda za ta yi rainon mutumin kirki a cikin danta, Jamie. Ganin cewa ba za ta iya jurewa da kanta ba (yaro yana da shekaru 15, wanda ke nufin cewa wasanni masu haɗari da kuma sha'awar 'yan mata suna cikin ajanda), ya kira Abby (Greta Gerwig) da Julie (Elle Fanning) a matsayin abokan tarayya.
Abby yana da shekaru 24, yana da jan gashi da kuma sankarar mahaifa. Ta kalli duniya ta ruwan tabarau na kamara, tana rawa lokacin da gaske take, kuma ta zame danta Dorothea adabin mata masu tsattsauran ra'ayi. Julie, 'yar shekara 17, 'yar likitan kwakwalwa, ta kamu da halakar kai kuma tana buƙatar taimako ba kasa da Jamie ba. Yaron yana soyayya da ita, wanda hakan baya kawo sauki.
Wannan zance ne maras lokaci akan me ake nufi da zama mace. Sosai na sirri, gaskiya kuma cike da soyayya
Dukkansu mata ne na karni na ashirin. Rasa da ƙarfi, mai rauni da ƙarfin zuciya, waɗanda suka san buƙatu kuma suka koyi tashi bayan faɗuwa. Ƙarshen shekarun 1970 yana cikin tsakar gida, wanda ke nufin cewa zamanin punk zai ƙare nan da nan, damuwa da yaƙe-yaƙe masu ban tsoro suna baya, gaba da cutar HIV, dumamar yanayi, rikicin 2000 da sauye-sauye masu yawa masu wuya. don tunanin.
Gaban kowa (ciki har da Jamie) shekaru ne na rayuwa cike da bincike, gwaji da kuskure, kwarewa da farin ciki. Ya kasance a bayan al'amuran, amma a fili yake cewa Jamie, halinsa da halinsa ga duniya za su kasance da su ta hanyar matan da ke kusa da shi a lokacin da yake da girma. Kowane yana tasiri ta hanyarsa - tattaunawa, kiɗa, misali.
Darakta Mike Mills ba ya yin kamar ya rubuta hoton gama-gari na wata mace na ƙarni da suka shige. Hoton Dorothea, wanda aka haifa a 1924, ya fi nisa daga kakanninmu da kakanninmu, waɗanda suka girma a cikin yanayi daban-daban. Kuma duk da haka hoton «Mata na karni na XNUMX» shine duniya da fahimta. Gabaɗaya, wannan zance ne maras lokaci game da abin da ake nufi da zama mace, mai sirri, mai gaskiya, cike da ƙauna.