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With the way “Materialists” has been marketed — with the classic voiceover narration in its trailer and simple, no-frills poster — many viewers who are looking for that reprieve might feel a bit duped.

On set, an assistant director would sometimes read the narration off camera if it felt relevant for the actors to hear during a particular scene.

And she still holds her time as a caregiver close, recently providing the narration for Bradley Cooper’s documentary “Caregiving,” which is a hard look at care in America.

“The South” follows the growing attraction and affection between Jay and Chuan, but it is also invested in other characters’ lives, and switches perspectives throughout between first- and third-person narration.

One of the marvels of the book is its first-person narration, and we wondered, “How do you do that on screen?”