Overview

• Chew-Bose's directorial debut features Lily McInerny, Claes Bang, and Chloë Sevigny.
• The film emphasizes visual and sensory details, drawing comparisons to works by Sofia Coppola.
• Set in the near present, the adaptation retains the novel's core themes of youthful exploration and familial tension.
• Chew-Bose received the TIFF Emerging Talent Award for her work on the film.
• Critics praise the film's aesthetic but question some casting decisions, particularly Sevigny's role.