“I hope the film will start a bigger conversation around the topic of consent…” CannesFilmFestival
) reads, “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 you might imagine, the word “should” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. The film's ambiguously-depicted sexual encounters are painfully reminiscent of the complex feelings that are so common in hook-up culture.In an interview with, Walker says the film “looks at how we learn to have sex through the pressure of friendship, toxic masculinity and societal expectations,” adding, “It’s a ride through the highs and lows of intimate female friendship.
She further highlighted the lack of education surrounding consent, noting, “I hope the film will start a bigger conversation around the topic of consent; it would be amazing to reframe the conversation around how to have positive sexual experiences.”
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