It’s one of the few recent queer movies (though if you can think of any more, send them our way) that gets up close and personal with female sexuality in a way that’s intimate, accessible and unashamedly honest. No doubt the film’s sincerity is largely down to the treatment by director Desiree Akhavan, who adapted the film from the novel of the same name by Emily Danforth. "It’s so rare that you see stories of female sexuality told, ever," she tells Refinery29. "There’s a lot of fear against women’s perspectives of sex and women's desire, and I am really proud to make a film about female sexual coming of age."