
I Like Movies(2023)
Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.


Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.

Julianne Moore
Evelyn

Finn Wolfhard
Ziggy

Billy Bryk
Kyle

Alisha Boe
Lila

Jack Justice
Jackie

Jay O. Sanders
Roger

Eléonore Hendricks
Angie

Catherine Haun
Cath

Annacheska Brown
Cyril

Sara Anne
Becky
When You Finish Saving the World is a drama, comedy film released in 2023 exploring themes of musician, poem, narcissism, shelter, coming of age, emotionally distant. Directed by Jesse Eisenberg, it stars Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk. Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
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