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' Lady Bird' Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan, the role they created together

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' Lady Bird' Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan, the role they created together

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"Lady Bird" synopsis

2002, Sacramento, California. Christine (self-proclaimed "Lady Bird") dreams of going to college in the big city of New York from a Catholic high school in the middle of nowhere. A super hot work that vividly and humorously depicts the fluctuating feelings of a 17-year-old girl who worries about her friends, boyfriend, family, and her future during the last year of her high school life!


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A masterpiece of a youth film that makes the audience feel, "This is my movie!"



Everyone has a hometown. When I look back on it later, it is an irreplaceable presence that will forever support my life. However, in the process of going through adolescence, there are times when the compatibility with one's hometown becomes the worst. We blame our parents or the environment for everything that doesn't go well, or we harbor the illusion that if we break free from that, we can become 180 degrees different from what we were before.


Many people who come into contact with the movie "Lady Bird", regardless of gender or age, can't help but open their eyes and say, "This is my movie!" These thoughts can be called a rite of passage. I guess it's because the flow of the song is so painfully obvious. As Greta Gerwig, who made her directorial debut with this film, describes her hometown of Sacramento, California, in detail, its specificity somehow resonates with the individual lives of each audience member, and makes you think, ``This is an experience like this... There was one there...'' I can't help but look into the distance and reminisce.



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Given that the film has such a rich flavor, we tend to interpret it as ``I'm sure Gerwig's life is the basis of the movie.'' According to her, who directed and wrote the screenplay, there seems to be no overlap with her own when it comes to specific episodes. Her relationship with her parents never became so strained, and she never dyed her hair red.


However, there are signs here and there. Greta's mother's name was Christine, and her mother used to be a nurse. And what I can't help but notice most strongly is the similarities with the roles Greta has played up until now. This is because the Lady Bird-Christine of this work strongly overlaps with Greta's synonymous image of ``a heroine who pursues her ideals to the fullest, even if she is at times in vain.''


However, this time she is focusing on directing and writing the script, so she cannot play the young heroine herself. Saoirse Ronan was chosen to play the lead role, who could be called Greta's alter ego. Greta and Saoirse. They may seem to be quite different types of actors, but in this film, above all else, these two created an extraordinary chemistry.



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  4. ' Lady Bird' Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan, the role they created together