It’s supposed to be the best summer ever. Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), Skye and Em touch down on the Greek party resort of Malia for the vacation to end all vacations, the girls trip every British teenager ticks off at the cusp of adulthood. Tara, the last remaining virgin, is on a mission to change that: and her best friends are causing chaos right alongside her. The 16-year-old drinks and dances her way through the strip – with all its messy bars and grimy nightclubs – until she meets a couple of boys on the neighbouring hotel balcony who she hopes might give her a summer to remember.
Making her debut feature with a vibrant, compassionate look at sex, friendship, consent and the sweet smell of a boozy sunburned summer holiday, director and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker (Scrapper, Good Thanks, You?) paints an exhilarating, moving, and painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood.
WINNER – Cannes Film Festival 2023, Un Certain Regard
3 x 2024 BAFTA® Nominee
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER – Molly Manning-Walker
OUTSTANDING CASTING – Isabella Odoffin
"A charged, ecstatic and star-making debut"
- VOGUE
"An overwhelmingly funny romp that is engaging and heartfelt from beginning to end."
- AWARDSWATCH
"As enthralling as it is important... neatly depicts the joy and pain of teenage girlhood."
- EMPIRE
"To be clear: your daughters and sons (all young people) need to see this film, and so do you."
- THE OBSERVER
Thursday 7th March
91 min
MA15+
Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Daisy Jelley, Eilidh Loan, Laura Ambler, Enva Lewis
Molly Manning Walker
Drama
Pentridge Cinema, Palace Penny Lane, The Kino, Palace Dendy Brighton, Palace Westgarth, Palace Central, Palace James St, Palace Barracks, Palace Electric Cinema, Palace Raine Square
