Everything changes in an instant.
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.
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Character
Contemplative, prestige, character-led and earnest.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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“Is Julianne Nicholson the best thing in Janet Planet?”
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“Is the ambiguity a cop-out?”
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Cast
- Julianne NicholsonJanet
- Zoe ZieglerLacy
- Will PattonWayne
- Sophie OkonedoRegina
- Elias KoteasAvi
- Luke BoscoMale Counselor
- June Walker GrossmanSusanna
- Abby HarriEmily
- Edie Moon KearnsSequoia
- Mary ShultzDavina
Crew
- Annie BakerDirector
- Annie BakerWriter
- Maria von HausswolffDirector of Photography
- Lucian JohnstonEditor
- Annie BakerProducer
- Dan JanveyProducer
- Andrew GoldmanProducer
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