GRETA GERWIG | USA | 2017 | 94 MIN | R | ENGLISH, SPANISH 

Acclaimed actress and writer Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut is an electrifying and utterly gratifying coming-of-age story about an awkward teen yearning to escape her hometown.

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Timothée Chalamet

PFS Member 50 | #44

PFS Members were asked to select their top 5 films not included in the Sight and Sound 100 series. These are those films.

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's DEBUT series.

A filmmaker’s debut remains a defining moment that can serve as film forensic for everything that follows.