Britain’s Molly Manning Walker wins Cannes newcomer prize for ‘How to Have Sex’

By AFP

CANNES: British director Molly Manning Walker acquired the coveted Un Certain Regard newcomer prize at Cannes on Friday for her much-praised operate debut “How to Have Sex”.

“This film was the most magical moment of my life,” the 29-year-old Londoner acknowledged after receiving the prize, which she dedicated to “all those who have been sexually assaulted”.

The film follows three most interesting mates getting drunk in Crete, with considered one of many ladies, Tara, on a mission to lose her virginity — nonetheless points rapidly go improper.

All the stereotypes of Brits abroad operate throughout the film nonetheless Manning Walker moreover sought to interrupt them by digging deeper into the thorny issues with rape and consent.

It introduced on a storm at this yr’s pageant and drew rave evaluations.

Variety found it “chillingly dark”, The Guardian admired its “complex chemistry” and The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it a “hidden gem”.

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Drawing from her private experience, Manning Walker chatting with AFP earlier in the midst of the pageant, acknowledged she was impressed by “the best times of my life”, however as well as the sexual assault she suffered at 16 — and wanted to point all of it with out judgement.

Shot in a fly-on-the-wall style, she resisted exhibiting graphic assault scenes.

“I think we as women know that experience way too much — we don’t need to be re-traumatised,” she acknowledged.

Instead, she focused on her characters’ emotional experiences.

“Everything was from her eyeline and everything was on her face and reading her emotion,” she acknowledged.

Manning Walker is taken into account considered one of an rising crop of thrilling British woman directors alongside the likes of Charlotte Wells whose “Aftersun” was closing yr’s sudden breakout at Cannes, incomes an Oscar nomination for star Paul Mescal.

Before directing she was a cinematographer for virtually a decade and shot films for various youthful British talents along with Charlotte Regan’s “Scrapper” that acquired the Grand Jury Prize on the Sundance film pageant this yr.

She has moreover made music films and adverts, along with two temporary films along with “Good Thanks, You?” that screened at Cannes in 2020.

CANNES: British director Molly Manning Walker acquired the coveted Un Certain Regard newcomer prize at Cannes on Friday for her much-praised operate debut “How to Have Sex”.

“This film was the most magical moment of my life,” the 29-year-old Londoner acknowledged after receiving the prize, which she dedicated to “all those who have been sexually assaulted”.

The film follows three most interesting mates getting drunk in Crete, with considered one of many ladies, Tara, on a mission to lose her virginity — nonetheless points rapidly go improper.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

All the stereotypes of Brits abroad operate throughout the film nonetheless Manning Walker moreover sought to interrupt them by digging deeper into the thorny issues with rape and consent.

It introduced on a storm at this yr’s pageant and drew rave evaluations.

Variety found it “chillingly dark”, The Guardian admired its “complex chemistry” and The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it a “hidden gem”.

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Drawing from her private experience, Manning Walker chatting with AFP earlier in the midst of the pageant, acknowledged she was impressed by “the best times of my life”, however as well as the sexual assault she suffered at 16 — and wanted to point all of it with out judgement.

Shot in a fly-on-the-wall style, she resisted exhibiting graphic assault scenes.

“I think we as women know that experience way too much — we don’t need to be re-traumatised,” she acknowledged.

Instead, she focused on her characters’ emotional experiences.

“Everything was from her eyeline and everything was on her face and reading her emotion,” she acknowledged.

Manning Walker is taken into account considered one of an rising crop of thrilling British woman directors alongside the likes of Charlotte Wells whose “Aftersun” was closing yr’s sudden breakout at Cannes, incomes an Oscar nomination for star Paul Mescal.

Before directing she was a cinematographer for virtually a decade and shot films for various youthful British talents along with Charlotte Regan’s “Scrapper” that acquired the Grand Jury Prize on the Sundance film pageant this yr.

She has moreover made music films and adverts, along with two temporary films along with “Good Thanks, You?” that screened at Cannes in 2020.