Boarding school comedy charts teenage friendship, desire and class

A coming-of-age comedy adapted from Rose Tremain's autobiographical boarding school story, Extra Geography examines sex, class, friendship and adulthood through two year-10 best friends, Flic and Minna. Directed by Molly Manners with sharp scripting from Miriam Battye, and starring newcomers Marni Duggan and Galaxie Clear, the film is praised for its witty dialogue, strong performances and refusal to offer the conventional happy ending typical of the genre. It represents a sophisticated exploration of teenage friendship that balances humour with heartbreak.

When the girls audition for a school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream alongside boys from a neighbouring school, they devise a plan to fall in love with their geography teacher, Miss Delavigne (Alice Englert), who agrees to give them "extra geography" lessons at her cabin. The film charts how romantic entanglement and class division threaten their bond—particularly when Minna lands the lead role despite a poor audition whilst Flic, a scholarship girl, receives only a humiliating non-speaking part. The densely witty dialogue recalls Victoria Wood's work, with the reviewer drawing comparisons to Booksmart, Clueless and Heavenly Creatures, and suggesting the film deliberately leaves ambiguous whether the girls' intense intimacy is romantic or merely immature infatuation fated to fade with adulthood.