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How to Have Sex

2023 · 91 min

A sun-soaked party holiday that slowly curdles into a quiet, uncomfortable reckoning with consent and self-worth.

Overview
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.
Stream in the UK
  • MUBI
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
  • trauma
  • conspiracy
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Molly Manning Walker
Written by
Molly Manning Walker
Starring
Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas, Laura Ambler, Eilidh Loan, Daisy Jelley
Music
James Jacob
Cinematography
Nicolas Canniccioni
Runtime
91 min
Country
United Kingdom, Greece, France, Belgium
Languages
English

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