Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (2015)

In the well-to-do suburbs of a small town, a group of pretty average, well-adjusted sixteen and seventeen year olds are ordinary adolescents who take a singular path.

Director:

Eva Husson

Writer:

Eva Husson (screenplay)

Stars:

Finnegan Oldfield, Marilyn Lima, Lorenzo Lefèbvre

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Finnegan Oldfield	...	Alex
Marilyn Lima	...	George
Lorenzo Lefèbvre	...	Gabriel
Daisy Broom	...	Laetitia
Fred Hotier	...	Nikita
Manuel Husson	...	Le père de Gabriel
Olivia Lancelot	...	La mère de Gabriel
Raphaël Porcheron	...	Le père de Laetitia
Tatiana Werner	...	La mère de George
Olivier Lefebvre	...	Le père de George
Yolande Carsin	...	La prof d'espagnol
Eva Husson	...	La prof de maths
Alexandre Perrier	...	Le prof de chimie
Gaspard-Andréas Perrier	...	Le bébé
Patricia Husson	...	La mère d'Alex

Storyline

In a small town of France, life seems to be boring for a group of teenage friends who--day in, day out--are asked to cope not only with the usual issues in the life of a high-school student but also with the restless search for love and sex. Under those circumstances, when an innocent game of truth or dare on a Saturday night party rapidly transforms into a mandatory, dare only, series of sexy challenges between friends, the means to unfold one's true self, and the hidden potential in everyone present will be evident. Before long, alcohol and a few drugs will give birth to the new "Bang Gang" revolution; nevertheless, what deceptively appears as a way to deal with boredom, strained family relationships, emancipation--and above all--personal liberty, will quickly turn into the biggest scandal, and a mockery of a modern fairy tale.

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Plot Keywords:

orgy | group sex | undressing | stripping | kiss | 

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Taglines:

Électrisant!

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 January 2016 (France)

Also Known As:

Bang Gang

Filming Locations:

Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Full House, Canal+, Orange Cinéma Séries

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First feature film directed by Eva Husson

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Goofs

When Alex photographs Laetia flipping him off in front of the mirror, she's doing so with her left hand. Later in the movie, when George sees the photo published on a social media site, the photo shows her flipping off with her right hand instead.

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Quotes

Gabriel: [First lines] It was the year the whole world remembers. The year of the endless winter and the subsequent heat wave. The year in which a train derailed. The year of Bang Gang. That week, finally the sun came out and for us it all began.

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Soundtracks

Tracking Me
Performed by Clément Bazin
Written by Clément Bazin

User Reviews

Just think you're 16 and unexperienced, this movie will be a treat.

It's so hard to give an 8 to a movie with an average of 5 and a metascore of 50, but I guess sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling. I'm thinking about 'Bang Gang', the story we would only find in a young adult book that was written in six months time, but after a first view has proven to be a decent study of character and of the consequences of group dynamics. The effects of sex outside relationships are shown, but one may raise the question: Is the idea of this free sex without bonding explicitly rejected? Not really. You simply decide for yourself what moral lesson is to be learned. Because even though everyone ends up with diseases, there is also stress on the fun of experimenting for as long as it lasts. Unlike other movies, in this film the viewer can determine what is right or wrong.

Most of all, it's a movie that shows what many adolescents would like to experience, but are afraid of at the same time. What if you have sex with just 'anyone'? Can you still really show your love to the person you love, who has been faithful to only giving his or her body to an actual soulmate? This movie surely shows what it's like, both in a positive and in a negative way. Watch the movie with a free mind and think of the fantasies you had as a 16 year old. I know that my own shy and slender self would have thought it eye-opening to look into this adventurous world for 90 minutes, without any consequences.