Director Desiree Akhavan (centre) with the cast of ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’, left to right Forrest Goodluck, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Emily Skeggs, and Jennifer Ehle
Even with Dublin traffic, make it back to my apartment with time to go over my notes before my interview with Desiree Akhavan, director of The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
The film, based on Emily M Danforth’s 2012 novel of the same name, follows the story of a teenage girl who lives with her conservative aunt after the death of her parents. Found making out in the back seat of a car with her best girlfriend, Coley, Cameron is sent to a gay conversion therapy camp. The plot revolves around her coming to terms with her sexuality while grappling with the circumstances she’s thrown into.