Michelle Williams and Paul Dano star in this coming-of-age drama directed by Steven Spielberg. In 1950s Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryan/Gabriel LaBelle) dreams of becoming a film-maker. While his father Burt (Dano) sees his passion for film-making as merely a hobby, Sammy's mother Mitzi (Williams) encourages him to pursue his dream. While Sammy embarks on his first film-making projects, a surprising discovery threatens to tear his family apart and destroy his fledgling passion for cinema. The cast also includes Seth Rogen, Julia Butters and Judd Hirsch.