answers: Sacramento
context: about both their past lives; in flashback we learn that she witnessed her father beating her mother, and later was beaten several times by her ex-boyfriend Simon. She has four children by four different fathers and all of her children are in care. Jorge is a Paraguayan who is afraid to return to his own country for fear of persecution there. Maggie goes on to make a relationship with Jorge, being impressed with his poetry and his history. Her relationship with him is initially a tentative one because of her previous experience with her earlier boyfriend. The film goes on </s> cast—including Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, John Karna and Jordan Rodrigues—was announced in September 2016. Principal photography was scheduled to begin in March 2016, but was delayed to August due to Ronan's commitments to a performance of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". Filming began on August 30, 2016 in Sacramento, California. Other locations included Los Angeles and New York City. Gerwig had wanted to shoot the movie on Super 16 film stock, but due to budget constraints ultimately shot on the Arri Alexa Mini. The final film emphasizes digital noise to create the effect of a copy of a photograph. </s> Ronan dyed her hair red for the role, and did not wear makeup to cover her acne; she has said she saw the film as "a really good opportunity to let a teenager's face in a movie actually look like a teenager's face in real life". Gerwig, using a technique she learned from the filmmaker Rebecca Miller, arrived an hour before everyone else to put the actors and crew at ease by knowing exactly how the day would run. She also banned smartphones on the set, a policy borrowed from Noah Baumbach. In July 2017, A24 acquired worldwide distribution rights
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