How to Have Sex

91 min | 7 Mar 2024

Sexual violence, drug use & offensive language

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.

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.

Director
Molly Manning Walker
Cast
Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Daisy Jelley, Eilidh Loan, Laura Ambler, Enva Lewis
Genre
Drama
Rating
R16 (Sexual violence, drug use & offensive language)
Release Date
7 March 2024
Runtime
91 min