How to Have Sex
Alongside Aftersun, this is one of the best British debuts in recent years. How to Have Sex, directed by 29-year-old Molly Manning Walker, features three young women in the thrall of a wild summer break vacation in Greece. It's an energetic cocktail of a party film, a poignant coming-of-age tale, and an intriguing portrait of Generation Z. After an enthusiastic reception from audience, critics, and jury alike at Cannes the movie captured the main prize in the Un Certain Regard section. Superbly acted and dynamically executed, the story explores the journey to maturity for a generation in which sexual freedom signifies both liberation and immense pressure. In a world where „sex & fun” is the mantra driving sales and the most coveted commodity of the scorching summer, is there any chance to build intimacy? How to Have Sex is bold and empathetic cinema that has the potential to become a sensation and a voice of a generation.
TW: flashing lights which may affect people hypersensitive to light or suffering from epilepsy.
awards
Cannes IFF 2023 - Un Certain Regard Award
Molly Manning Walker
Molly Manning Walker is a cinematographer and director based in London and graduate of the NFTS. As cinematographer, her graduation film November 1st took Bronze at the Student Academy Awards. Her directorial debut, Good Thanks, You? is part of the 2020 Semaine de la Critique support programme and screened at BFI London Film Festival and Encounters. How to Have Sex is her feature film debut.
Filmography
2015 More Hate Than Fear (short)
2020 Good Thanks, You? (short)
2020 The Forgotten C (short)
2023 How to Have Sex