With a background in cinematography, Molly Manning Walker’s first feature vividly captures the fraught sexual maturation of teenage girls with striking authenticity and sensitivity, while making space for self-discovery and female pleasure.
School is over and three sixteen year-old best friends head off to Crete for a week of sun, partying and (hopefully) hooking up, before their lives diverge. Em has been accepted into university and with her smarts has a sure future. Tara and Skye are less certain of theirs, but are intent on making the most of their time in this sun-soaked Greek paradise. Unlike her friends Tara is still a virgin and feels the pressure to lose her virginity at the first given opportunity. This compulsion comes up against questions of consent, a tension richly explored, without moralising, in this vibrant Cannes Un Certain Regard award-winner.
– Michelle Carey
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Greece, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 98'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
