When You Finish Saving the World movie storyline. From his bedroom home studio, high school student Ziggy performs original folk rock songs for an adoring online fan base. This concept mystifies his formal and uptight mother, Evelyn, who runs a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.
While Ziggy is busy trying to impress his socially engaged classmate Lila by making his music less bubblegum and more political, Evelyn meets Angie and her teen son, Kyle, when they seek refuge at her facility. She observes a bond between the two that she’s missing with her own son, and decides to take Kyle under her wing against her better instincts. In his carefully observed, aesthetically pleasing directorial debut, Jesse Eisenberg adapts his audio project of the same name to tell the story of a mother and son who fail to understand each other’s values.
With gentle humor and pitch-perfect dialogue, When You Finish Saving the World reflects a moment of internet fame and youth activism, but it also recounts the timeless tale of parents and children struggling to connect across the generational chasm that separates them.
When You Finish Saving the World is a 2022 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on Eisenberg’s 2020 audio drama of the same name. Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard star as a mother and son who navigate their contentious relationship. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2022, and was released by A24 in the United States on January 20, 2023.
When You Finish Saving the World (2023)
Directed by: Jesse Eisenberg
Starring: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Alisha Boe, Jack Justice, Jay O. Sanders, Eleonore Hendricks, Catherine Haun, Annacheska Brown, Sara Anne, Marika Rose Sayers
Screenplay by: Jesse Eisenberg
Production Design by: Meredith Lippincott
Cinematography by: Benjamin Loeb
Film Editing by: Sara Shaw
Costume Design by: Joshua Marsh
Set Decoration by: Susan Magestro
Art Direction by: Alan Lampert
Music by: Emile Mosseri
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributed by: A24 Films
Release Date: January 20, 2022 (Sundance), January 20, 2023 (United States)
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