Janet Planet

Showings

The Main 5 Sat, Apr 20 7:00 PM
The Main 5 Wed, Apr 24 7:00 PM
Film Info
Accessibility:HI
Festival:MSPIFF43
Festival Programs:Special Presentations
Breakthrough
Films by Women
Release Year:2023
Runtime:113 min
Country/Region:USA
Language:English
Print Source:A24
Tags:Drama
Family
Women Directors
Coming-of-Age
Cast/Crew
Director:Annie Baker
Producer:Dan Janvey
Derrick Tseng
Annie Baker
Andrew Goldman
Cinematographer:Maria von Hausswolff
Screenwriter:Annie Baker
Editor:Lucian Johnston
Principal Cast:Julianne Nicholson
Zoe Ziegler
Elias Koteas
Will Patton
Sophie Okonedo

Description

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet and her spellbinding nature.

In her solitary moments, Lacy inhabits an inner world so extraordinarily detailed that it begins to seep into the outside world. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child's experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.