How to Have Sex

Winner
Un Certain Regard
Cannes Film Festival
Nominee
Golden Camera
Cannes Film Festival
Nominee
Queer Palm
Cannes Film Festival
Feels so powerful because Walker and her talented, young cast know exactly how to tell it, down to each micro-expression.
-- Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent

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How to Have Sex

Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, HOW TO HAVE SEX is a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker. Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.

"This is fresh, passionate, and remarkably assured filmmaking, made with ample energy and even more exhilarating clarity of vision." - Isaac Feldberg, RogerEbert.com

"The combination of Manning Walker’s witty, empathetic storytelling and a star-making performance from Mckenna Bruce should make this a highly sought-after title on the festival circuit and with theatrical audiences, skewing towards a younger, female demographic but with broad arthouse appeal." - Wendy Ide, Screen Daily
Not Rated
Genre
Drama, Women and Film, LGBTQ+
Runtime
91
Language
English
Director
Molly Manning Walker
Writer(s)
Molly Manning Walker
Cast
Anna Antoniades, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake
Awards:
Winner, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival
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