Based on the audible original by Jesse Eisenberg himself, When You Finish Saving the World tells the moving and evocative story of three individuals working to understand each other and themselves: Nathan, a father learning to connect with his newborn son; Rachel, a young college student seeking to find her place in a relationship and in life, before marriage to Nathan; and Ziggy, their son, a teenager hoping to figure out where he came from, and where he’s headed. The shifts between time frames in these characters’ lives span more than a decade and eloquently capture the complexities of growing up, having children, and fitting in.
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Julianne Moore as |
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Finn Wolfhard as Ziggy |
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Billy Bryk as |
Production | Julianne Moore | Executive Producer |
Directing | Jesse Eisenberg | Director |
Writing | Jesse Eisenberg | Writer |
Production | Emma Stone | Producer |
Art | Meredith Lippincott | Production Design |
Camera | Benjamin Loeb | Director of Photography |
Production | Dave McCary | Producer |