McArdle strays from the realist norms of many coming - of - age films with her bold aesthetics, which are complemented by
other creative takes on
teenage life: Léa Mysius» astonishing debut feature, Ava, is just as visually bold, immersing you in its
protagonist's subjectivity.
If we met Minnie, the
protagonist of Marielle Heller's adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner's 2002 graphic novel The Diary of a
Teenage Girl in any
other comic book adaptation, she'd most likely be the high school siren and love interest.