For her director industry debut, Jade Halley Bartlett tells the story of a teenage girl who forms a close relationship with her literature teacher, Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman). Addition to the cast is Jenna Ortega as 18-year-old Cairo Sweet, a precious Tennessee student with an ice-cold personality. “Literature is my solace in solitude, and writing is my only means of escape,” she says, like most 18-year-olds do.
According to Discussing Film, there have been countless recommendations regarding the fictional piece which is co-produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The root of 18-year-old Cairo’s dilemma is boredom. We’re introduced to the character as the film opens, as she laments about how her rich lawyer parents leave her in a large empty house, and her only solace lies in reading and writing.
As she dreams of attending Yale, she is instructed to write an essay about her greatest accomplishment. Cairo soon realizes that she has accomplished nothing, living her life sheltered by privilege in a small Tennessee town. Unlike the other teachers, Miller shows her a great deal of affection for being such a bright student and talented young writer.
During the interaction with the film, viewers must accept that Cairo and Jonathan are two different people with compelling and difficult-to-understand emotions. However, the case for the characters is that her desires stem from naive foolishness, while his come from insecurity.
Her ability to fully internalize the relationship she was a part of and allow it influence her she transforms into a true writer. The act of being a writer comes not only from gaining experience but also from being an active presence in it rather than a passive one.
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