<P> Lady Bird is a 2017 American comedy - drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig, and starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith . Set in Sacramento, California, it is a coming - of - age story of a high - school senior (Ronan) and her turbulent relationship with her mother (Metcalf). </P> <P> Lady Bird premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2017, was theatrically released in the United States on November 3, 2017 by A24, and has grossed over $26 million against its $10 million budget . It was chosen by the National Board of Review, the American Film Institute, and Time magazine as one of the top 10 films of the year . At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, Lady Bird received four nominations: Best Motion Picture--Musical or Comedy, Best Actress--Musical or Comedy for Ronan, Best Supporting Actress for Metcalf and Best Screenplay . </P> <P> Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson is a senior student at a Catholic high school in Sacramento, in 2002 . She has a strained relationship with her parents, and is best friends with Julianne "Julie" Steffans . Christine and Julie join their school's theatre program, where Christine meets a young man named Danny O'Neill . They develop a romantic relationship, leading to Christine joining Danny's family for Thanksgiving dinner rather than doing so with her own family . Their relationship is abruptly broken when Christine finds Danny making out with a boy in a bathroom stall . At the behest of her mother, Christine takes on a menial job at a coffee shop, where she meets an edgy musician named Kyle Scheible . He and Christine begin a romantic relationship, and she begins to drift away from Julie in favor of a friendship with a popular girl named Jenna Walton . </P> <P> After Jenna is reprimanded by nun teacher Sister Sarah Joan for wearing a short skirt, Jenna bonds with Christine by harmlessly vandalizing Joan's car . Christine tells Jenna that she lives at an address which, in actuality, belongs to Danny's grandmother . Christine drops out of the theatre program, and is later confronted by Danny outside of the coffee shop, where she consoles him after he expresses his struggle to come out . She loses her virginity to Kyle after he falsely refers to himself as a virgin, leading her to find consolation in her mother . Jenna discovers that Christine lied about her address, which essentially ends their friendship . Christine is told that her father has recently lost his job, and discovers that he is battling depression . </P>

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