A stunning portrait of a summer, as seen from a child’s point of view.

Evoking the woozy, sun-baked summer days of childhood, Janet Planet is an intimate portrait of 11-year-old Lacy, a girl out of place, her relationship with her enigmatic mother, Janet, and the lovers who are drawn into Janet’s orbit. Set in the verdant surroundings of Western Massachusetts over the course of a long summer in the early 1990s, and shot on lush 16mm film, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker’s directorial debut is an assured one, featuring a carefully controlled visual style, and magnetic performances from Julianne Nicholson and newcomer Zoe Ziegler.