Bang Gang (une histoire d'amour moderne) (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:

kiss | internet porn | watching a porn video | orgy | group sex | 

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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

Inspired by true events.

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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

Yo! (Dinamics Scratched Remix)
Performed by Donovans
Written by Nicolas Nekmouche and David Said

User Reviews

It's 3AM, do you know who your kids are doing?

With even theatrical French films being largely financed by television these days, it's perhaps not surprising so much modern French cinema is devoted to "social problem" films like this. Although this is allegedly based on a true story, I don't know that middle-class teenagers engaging in wild sex orgies is really all that widespread of social problem even in France (although I'm sure a lot of horny male teenagers probably WISH it was a widespread social problem). More likely this was a "man-bites-dog" story that got attention from the French media because it was UNUSUAL, not because it was necessarily typical of what a lot of French teens are up to these days.

Still, if this were an American film, it would undoubtedly be either much more alarmist or much more exploitative (or perhaps both in the case of something like Larry Clark's "Kids"). This film, however, remains fairly non-judgmental and realistic. Its three protagonists--a shy male musician and two girls who get played by the same smooth-talking "player"--are realistic and sympathetic, even if the background given of their problems and their home-life doesn't really account for why they would become juvenile swingers. But I suppose teenagers don't necessarily need any more excuses to be sexually promiscuous than adults do.

It's probably not a coincidence that there are a lot more French films about middle-class teenage or college students who become prostitutes ("Student Services", "Young and Beautiful") or all decide to get pregnant ("17 Filles") or engage in sex orgies like this then there are about teenagers who do their homework, generally listen to their parents, and are focused on getting into a good university. Still, this film is not nearly as exploitative as it COULD be. There is a fair amount of nudity (actually more male than female), but it's not all that shocking since all the actors look at least five years too old to actually BE teenagers. (They're all pretty attractive too in the naturalistic French way). Still, I miss the more old-style French films that are more arty and/or literary and personal and are focused on singular characters as opposed to "real", but frankly also quite boring, people.