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    C’mon C’mon: Why Mike Mills Wanted to Make a Film About Raising a Child

    Design & LivingInterview

    The director talks through his new film, C’mon C’mon – a powerfully emotive study of familial dynamics, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman

    TextCaitlin Quinlan

    American director Mike Mills makes films about family.

    In 2010’s Beginners, he explored his father’s cancer diagnosis, and his experience of coming out late in life. His mother was the focal point of 2016’s 20th Century Women, and now, with C’mon C’mon, his child is taking centre stage.

    The filmmaker’s signature handle on heartfelt sincerity is on display again in this film, too: it’s a tender and poignant depiction of the ways we continue to grow up in life, even as adults. Mills’ command of family dynamics and coming-of-age anxieties, coupled with his attention to the warm familiarity of spaces occupied by those you love, means his filmmaking resides in a realm of profound comfort, with careful in