Janet Planet
Director
Runtime
110 Minutes
Country
United States
Classification
M
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.
“Janet Planet is a tiny masterpiece, and it’s so carefully constructed, so loaded with details and emotions and gentle comedy, that it’s impossible to shake once it gets under your skin.”
The New York Times
“Baker’s Chekhovian powers of intimate observation have few equals among contemporary dramatists.”
The Hollywood Reporter
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Film Credits
Director
Annie Baker
Year
2023
Country
United States
Language
English
Type
Feature & Fiction
Program Strand
World Cinema
Producer
Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng, Annie Baker & Andrew Goldman
Writer
Annie Baker
Cinematographer
Maria von Hausswolf
Editor
Lucian Johnson
Cast
Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton & Sophie Okonedo
Film Source
Sony Pictures Releasing
Genre
Coming of Age, Drama & Women
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