Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman play a high school student and teacher with an international connection.
Jenna Ortega's new film "Miller's Girl" is about " to begin, a conversation about age differences, consent and the representation of both in the media. The film was released in theaters last January and quickly climbed the charts after debuting on Netflix in April.
The plot of the film attracted interest and attention
In it, high school student Cairo Sweet (Ortega) has a close and inappropriate bond with her English teacher, Mr. Miller (Martin Freeman). The film takes a close look at blurred boundaries in relationships and what happens when boundaries are not fully established, especially between people with power imbalances.
That's exactly what attracted Freeman to the plot, he said in an interview.
“When I read the script, I thought, 'Okay, a bold script,' because it's very uncomfortable and there are things that don't make the cut. and dry and not black and white," Freeman told Collider in August 2023 about the film. “It's definitely talked about, especially now and especially in the last few years. Out of nowhere, and you think, 'Yeah, what's going on?' What is "Miller's Girl" about?
Ortega's character, Cairo Sweet, is an ambitious young woman who is on her way to becoming valedictorian of her high school class in Tennessee, but she feels bored and dissatisfied, especially when she applies to Yale.
“I'm 18 and I'm nothing special,” Cairo says at the beginning of the film.
It seems that her best friend Winnie (Gideon Adlon) flirts with another teacher at school simply because, apparently, he is good for her passionate English teacher Jonathan Miller Cairo writes an intermediate work that imitates the work of the provocative writer Henry Miller, who wrote extensively about his sexual exploits. He provides his explicit article entitled "For Jonathan". Good luck, Cairo.
While Jonathan reads the newspaper, the film shows a sex scene between the two. It's implied that Jonathan is imagining the sequel.
Jonathan interrupts and ends their relationship. “I won't let this happen,” he says, referring to her article and their relationship.
Maddened by his sudden loss of interest in her, Cairo decides to report it to the deputy head of the school and the school board as revenge.
“You can't identify the line. Then you cross,” says Jonathan's friend, also a teacher (who also flirts with the students). “You are the adult.” Show some responsibility."
Cairo calls Miller's downfall "his greatest achievement to date."
Why did "Miller's Girl" inspire negative reactions and conversations?
"Miller's Girl" contains a sex scene between Ortega and Freeman, who were 19 and 50 at the time moment of its release.
Also, the film portrays Cairo as the villain, as she seems to want revenge, her friend asks her not to "waste her life".
“And for what?” He says
people reacted to the film's premise before its release.
What the cast thinks What did you say about "Miller's Girl" about the film?
Freeman defended the film in an interview with the Sunday Times, calling it "mature and nuanced".'Cool?'"
Freeman added that it's "a shame" that films receive negative reactions because they tell difficult stories.
"Are we going to bring Liam Neeson to justice for his role in a film about the Holocaust?" he said.
Online, some were agree? Freeman quotes, writing, “The age difference was…the whole issue of culture without actually consuming the work,” As for the sex scene, “Miller’s Girl” intimacy coordinator Kristina Arjona told the Daily Mail that Ortega was very involved in the creation of the scene, saying that "no lines were crossed", many of the people involved in this process assured her that this was what she was comfortable with and she was very determined and sure of what she wanted to do,” Arjona said.
