
While Violet is popular among the student body, she is also mourning the loss of her sister and secretly struggling with survivor’s remorse. Starring Maleficent‘s Elle Fanning and Every Day‘s Justice Smith, All the Bright Places centers around the story of two high schoolers–Violent (Fanning) and Theodore (Smith)–who both harbor a desperate desire to break free of their small, Indiana town.

But while the story may be fiction, there is a very real love story behind its inspiration. In 2015, Indiana-born fiction author Jennifer Niven wrote a love story about two Indiana teenagers, both struggling to find brightness in life’s darker times. Brett Haley, the director of the 2018 dramedy, Hearts Beat Loud, has adapted Niven’s award-winning novel, All the Bright Places, into a 2020 film adaptation which is now streaming on Netflix.

By Victoria Davis 3 years ago Follow Tweetīased on the young adult novel by Jennifer Niven of the same name, Brett Haley’s All the Bright Places is now streaming on Netflix and has a true story to share about mental illness.
