Mar 16: Movie – HOW TO HAVE SEX

In a movie that could have been called, WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY, 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. It’s a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship.

NZ LISTENER Sarah Watt 4.5/5 Stars “Behind the blunt title, a surprising nuanced teen coming-of-age story.”

BAFTA 2024:

• WINNER Rising Star Award – Mia McKenna-Bruce
• Nominee for Outstanding British Film
• Nominee Outstanding Debut by a British Director

British Independent Film Awards 2023:

• WINNER Best Lead Performance – Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
• WINNER Best Supporting Performance – Shaun Thomas, How to Have Sex

Cannes 2023:

• WINNER of Un Certain Regard, How to Have Sex 

HOW TO HAVE SEX |R16 98 mins | UK

Saturday 16th March 5.00pm

Ticket prices: $16 Adults, $14 Concession and $9 Children. RCAC Members $12.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

In HOW TO HAVE SEX, 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.

It’s supposed to be the best summer ever. Tara, Skye and Em touch down on the Greek party resort of Malia for the vacation to end all vacations, the girls trip every British teenager ticks off at the cusp of adulthood. Tara, the last remaining virgin, is on a mission to change that: and her best friends are causing chaos right alongside her. The 16-year-old drinks and dances her way through the strip – with all its messy bars and grimy nightclubs – until she meets a couple of boys on the neighbouring hotel balcony who she hopes might give her a summer to remember.

Making her debut feature with a vibrant, compassionate look at sex, friendship and the sweet smell of a boozy sunburned summer holiday, director and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker (Scrapper, Good Thanks, You?) paints an exhilarating, moving, and painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood.

Director: Molly Manning Walker
Producers: Ivana Mackinnon (Beast), Emily Leo (Under The Shadow), Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Triangle of Sadness)
Starring: Mia McKenna Bruce (Vampire Academy), Lara Peake (Born To Kill), Sam Bottomley (Somewhere Boy), Shaun Thomas (Four Lives), Enva Lewis, Laura Ambler

R16 98 mins | UK