: Ultimately, the story highlights how film acts as a way for Sammy to process reality and find his truth, culminating in a fateful meeting with a legendary Hollywood director that sets him on his future path. Main Characters
The information you provided refers to a digital copy of , a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama directed by Steven Spielberg. : Ultimately, the story highlights how film acts
: Encouraged by his artistic mother, Mitzi, Sammy begins making his own home movies using his father's 8mm camera. He recreates train crashes, directs his sisters in "monster" movies, and eventually makes more ambitious films for his Boy Scout troop. He recreates train crashes, directs his sisters in
(Gabriel LaBelle): The young protagonist and aspiring filmmaker. : The film explores the conflict between Sammy’s
(Michelle Williams): Sammy's artistic, free-spirited mother.
: The film explores the conflict between Sammy’s artistic drive and his personal life as he deals with his parents' fracturing marriage, antisemitic bullying at school, and first love.
(Paul Dano): Sammy's practical, scientist father who views filmmaking as a mere hobby.