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Janet Planet

Panorama 2024
© A24
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. They are 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.
In her debut feature film, the 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.
by Annie Baker
with Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Sophie Okonedo USA / United Kingdom 2023 English 110’ Colour International premiere | Debut film

With

  • Julianne Nicholson (Janet)
  • Zoe Ziegler (Lacy)
  • Elias Koteas (Avi)
  • Will Patton (Wayne)
  • Sophie Okonedo (Regina)

Crew

Director Annie Baker
Screenplay Annie Baker
Cinematography Maria von Hausswolf
Editing Lucian Johnson
Music Joe Rudge
Sound Design Paul Hsu
Production Design Teresa Mostropierro
Costumes Lizzie Donelan
Casting Jessica Kelly
Producers Dan Janvey, Andrew Goldman, Derrick Tseng
Executive Producers Eva Yates, Rose Garnett, Chelsea Barnard

World sales

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Produced by

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Present Company

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Annie Baker

The playwright and filmmaker grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her multi-award-winning plays include “The Flick”, which won a Pulitzer Prize, an Obie Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and an adaptation of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” for which she also designed the costumes. She has been the recipient of numerous scholarships including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Janet Planet is her debut feature film.

Filmography

2023 Janet Planet

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024