Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: How to Have Sex

Vacation in Malia on the Greek island of Crete, a British tourist hub that might as well be hedonism incarnate, doesn’t end well for the three teen girls who travel there on holiday break in Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut How To Have Sex. The title, however, is much more provocative than the considerable, grave, and yet conventional story that subsequently plays out. Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce) is so obnoxiously grating, incredibly loud, and undeniably attractive that she comes to be known as the “fun one,” as one of the boys calls her in an effort to manipulate. She’s teased for her lack of sexual experiences by the bullyish Skye (Lara Peake), though the two always appear to remain on good terms.. Em (Enva Lewis), meanwhile, is the quiet, more considerate friend, and she also always happens to get sick on vacation (which, as a side note, makes her the most relatable to this writer who, as these lines are written, is sick on “holiday” in Tallinn, Estonia to cover the Black Nights Film Festival where How to Have Sex is currently playing).

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