The Half Of It
The Half Of It is a 2020 American teen comedy-drama film written and directed by Alice Wu. Starring Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer and Alexxis Lemire... The film is a modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac's story in which teenage Ellie Chu begins writing love letters on behalf of Paul Munsky to the world. government for his lover, Aster Flores.
Unfriended student Ellie Chu lives in the remote town of Squahamish, where she earns extra money to write homework for her classmates. She lives with her widowed father and performs most of his duties as station operator and signalman. She is approached by Paul Munsky, an anarchist soccer player, to write a love letter to Aster Flores, a girl at their school. Ellie initially refused, but accepted the job after learning that the electricity in her home would be cut off if they failed to make the minimum payment.