Greta Gerwig Explores Mother
Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig Explores Mother-Daughter Love (And Angst) In 'Lady Bird'
 Actress Greta Gerwig  has made a career starring in movies about quirky women.  She  played a driftless dancer in Frances Ha and a punk photographer in 20th Century Women. Now  she 's written and directed  her  first film  an exploration of mother-daughter relationships called Lady Bird.
"I don't know any woman who has a simple relationship with their mother or with their daughter "  Gerwig  says. "It has a tremendous amount of love â and a tremendous amount of angst."
Gerwig felt Hollywood wasn't giving mothers and daughters the screen time they deserved  so  she  set out to change that.  Her  new film stars Saoirse Ronan as a high school senior who renames  herself  "Lady Bird " in part as a rejection of the name  her  mother gave her.
Though the main characters argue about everything from choosing a college to prom dresses  neither is presented as the villain. Instead  Gerwig says   she  wanted the audience leaving thinking  "Oh man  it's so hard to love people and to be in a family."
Greta Gerwig Explores Mother-Daughter Love (And Angst) In 'Lady Bird'
  [TGT] has made a career starring in movies about quirky women.   [TGT]   played a driftless dancer in Frances Ha and a punk photographer in 20th Century Women. Now   [TGT]  's written and directed   [TGT]   first film  an exploration of mother-daughter relationships called Lady Bird.
"I don't know any woman who has a simple relationship with their mother or with their daughter "  Gerwig  says. "It has a tremendous amount of love â and a tremendous amount of angst."
Gerwig felt Hollywood wasn't giving mothers and daughters the screen time they deserved  so   [TGT]   set out to change that.   [TGT]   new film stars Saoirse Ronan as a high school senior who renames   [TGT]   "Lady Bird " in part as a rejection of the name  her  mother gave her.
Though the main characters argue about everything from choosing a college to prom dresses  neither is presented as the villain. Instead  Gerwig says   she  wanted the audience leaving thinking  "Oh man  it's so hard to love people and to be in a family."