Biarritz: We saw “How to Have a Sex Slap”, the first film already noticed in Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival loves those moments when a film causes a sensation and seems to be unanimous everywhere. This year, it’s How To Have Sex, which opened today at the second French and international festival Nouvelles vague, the first edition of which runs until Sunday in Biarritz.

With such a promise of talent and such a relevant statement about youth, this feature film perfectly finds its place in this new festival, whose driving idea is to invite you to discover.Films that present stories of youth or question the place of youth in society“.

With its attention-grabbing title, How to Have Sex has many useful features. This first feature film by Molly Manning Walker has real cinematic ideas, a solid script and an a priori sexual theme (young people succumbing to all temptations).

But behind this blurb is illustrated a very strong statement about how to “sleep” with someone when you’re young, and especially the concept of the gray area, or consent. And more broadly, the film is interested in what is called rape culture.

The film is very rich. It is the subtlety with which the work captures powerful subjects that makes it truly successful. As the Cannes Film Festival noted, in highlighting her film, director Molly Manning Walker “intends to report both the ritualized violence of adolescent sexuality and the intimate and supportive relationships of female friendship“.

and add:It reflects both the vitality of youth and the normalization of the tourist aesthetic, following in the footsteps of Martin Parry.“.

The film’s cast is impeccable, first and foremost the incredible Mia McKenna-Bruce. I bet you will go on and on about this feature film distributed by the same film publisher (Condor) as Charlotte Wells’ famous Aftersun starring Paul Mescall.

Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex will be released in France on November 15, 2023.