Miller's Girl | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer
A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student. | dG1fdmsyT0paSHV0Qk0
Transcript
00:00 (clock ticking)
00:02 - What's your name?
00:03 - Cairo Sweet.
00:05 - I'm Mr. Miller.
00:06 I'm assuming that you got one of these before.
00:09 - I read the whole list.
00:10 - Well, there's 12 books on that list.
00:12 - Bartie Hart.
00:13 ♪ Always said I was a good kid ♪
00:18 - What is an adult?
00:19 I'm 18.
00:22 Languishing in the wilds of Nowhere, Tennessee.
00:26 ♪ Don't know how I'll ever break this curse ♪
00:31 - Don't you get scared walking through those woods?
00:34 - I'm the scariest thing in there.
00:35 (laughing)
00:38 ♪ Never knew I could be speechless ♪
00:42 - I want you to write a short story
00:45 in the style of your favorite author.
00:47 - Are you having any special treatment, Mr. Miller?
00:50 - Well, uh.
00:51 - John here is prepping her to be his transcendent.
00:55 - Is she pretty?
00:56 - No, she's talented.
00:57 - Damn, even worse.
00:59 - What are you writing about?
01:02 - I'm uninspired.
01:03 I've had no achievement.
01:05 - Make him love you.
01:06 ♪ I set fire to the wrong place ♪
01:12 ♪ I don't know how I ♪
01:13 - She'd open her mouth to say something.
01:15 But the words fell away.
01:19 - Why did you write this?
01:23 This is inappropriate.
01:24 - Write what you know is what you said.
01:26 - If you don't rewrite this, I'll have to fill you.
01:28 - I dare you.
01:31 ♪ I'm still down, I'm still down ♪
01:34 ♪ I'm still down, I'm still down ♪
01:37 - It's like he's been living in grayscale
01:39 and you're the first thing he's ever seen in color.
01:41 ♪ I'm still down, I'm still down ♪
01:43 ♪ I'm still down ♪
01:45 - You are the adult, show some responsibility.
01:47 - You're my student and I'm your teacher, that's all.
01:51 ♪ Burn it down, burn it down, burn it down ♪
01:54 - If she can convince them that something happened
01:57 between us, I could lose my job.
01:58 - It's not all you could lose.
02:00 You can ruin his life.
02:02 ♪ Burn it down, burn it down, burn it down ♪
02:06 ♪ Down, down, down, down, down, down ♪
02:10 - In your own words, how did it start?
02:15 ♪ Always said I was a good kid ♪
02:19 (chimes)