In this touching and dreamily romantic teenage drama, a shy young girl at a Toronto alternative school begins to flourish under the mentorship of a handsome young English teacher — but when the student-teacher bond grows more intimate, she risks alienating everyone she loves.

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In an alternative school full of prodigies, precocious talents and eccentric personalities, Molly Maxwell feels decidedly ordinary. With family and friends eagerly waiting to see how she will distinguish herself, Molly is virtually paralyzed by the fear that she'll let them down. Molly finally begins to flourish when a handsome young English teacher enters the picture, and her newfound optimism is noticed by her parents and her principal — but when the student-teacher bond grows more intimate, Molly risks alienating everyone she loves. Shot on location at Inglenook Community School in Toronto and featuring movingly authentic performances by Lola Tash and Charlie Carrick (TIFF Rising Star 2012), Sara St. Onge's Molly Maxwell sparkles with a dreamy romanticism that evokes the seemingly boundless possibilities (and anxieties) of being seventeen, and paints a touching and realistic portrait of a young woman coming to terms with who she is and who she wants to be. (TIFF Next Wave is also proud to note that Molly Maxwell's killer soundtrack includes music from What Fools!, the winner of the 2012 TIFF Next Wave Battle of the Scores!)

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