BANG GANG (A MODERN LOVE STORY) (2016)

Two young girls turn their after-school hangouts into group hook-ups and start a swinging party craze in their school.

Rating: 5.5  IMDb

Genre: Drama

Original Language: French (France)

Director: Eva Husson

Producer: Laurent Baudens, Didar Domehri, Gaël Nouaille

Stars: Finnegan Oldfield, Marilyn Lima, Lorenzo Lefèbvre

Writer: Eva Husson

Release Date (Theaters): Jun 17, 2016  Limited

Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2016

Runtime: 1h 38m

Production Co: Canal Plus

Review: 

Teen sex dealt with frankly in cautionary ‘Bang Gang’

By KATIE WALSH

The titillatingly titled “Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story,” by writer-director Eva Husson, is described by one character as “a modern fairy tale.” It’s an apt label, as fairy tales are often cautionary.

A group of bored French teenagers, fueled by a rivalry of sexual one-upmanship, and empowered by the intoxicating brew of absentee parents, peer pressure, hormones, drugs and pornography, find themselves discovering the wanton pleasures of group sex.

The presence of technology sparks the danger of discovery, but the pleasures of the Internet are already so woven into their identities that it’s part of their sexuality too. They want to see and be seen — it’s how they understand the world and who they are in it.

Husson brings a generosity of perspective to the film — it switches point of view often, between Laetitia (Daisy Broom), the plain but popular girl; her beautiful best friend George (Marilyn Lima); stud Alex (Finnegan Oldfield), whom the girls tussle over; and Gabriel (Lorenzo Lefèbvre), the lonely kid next door.

All of these youthful, nubile bodies, objectified by everyone, sensually pulsate to an electronic soundtrack and are a stark contrast to the broken adult bodies in the background. Husson’s film details the consequences of such free love, but it celebrates sex too — the kind based on intimacy and love. Teens and sex: it’s a tale as old as time but this take is surprising, invigorating and sharply frank.

Article Source:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-bang-gang-review-20160613-snap-story.html

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