Bang Gang (2015) A Modern Love Story
Bang Gang (2015)
WEB-DL 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 3650 Kbps | 97 min | 2,76 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subs: English, Français, Español
Genre: Drama
WEB-DL 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 3650 Kbps | 97 min | 2,76 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subs: English, Français, Español
Genre: Drama
Director: Eva Husson
Writer: Eva Husson (screenplay)
Stars: Finnegan Oldfield, Marilyn Lima, Lorenzo Lefèbvre
In a small town of France, life seems to be still and somewhat 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 will rapidly transform 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, liberty, will quickly turn into the biggest scandal and a mockery of a modern fairy tale.
IMDB - 5 wins
As a teenager, there are many depictions of teenage sexuality that I find have followed their own successful formula for so long that they fail to depict modern adolescent sexuality accurately. Bang Gang is indeed, as it is billed as, a "modern love story". In particular, the impact of social media on the psyches and voyeuristic attitudes of my generation are perfectly encompassed. Within director Eva Husson's spectacle, there are familiar themes: the need to be wanted, to be set apart from the herd, the loneliness that comes with attaining your fantasies and finding that they are not enough (read: the scene in which Alex, high on vice, stumbles completely naked out to the pool–where teenagers are copulating and filming it all on camera for online distribution–and plunges in, attempting to shut everything out). As a teenager, there was always a certain orgiastic essence to house parties, people sneaking off to bathrooms and guest bedrooms to hook up, spin the bottle and escalating dares, so that the possibilities of such an event happening, as it did in real life, do not seem far-fetched. The imagery and cinematography of the movie is spectacular. The control of light and palette is exquisite, so that a normally vulgar tableau–consider Harmony Korine's "Kids", all grit and no softness–is rendered soft and ambient. There are some shots that could come straight out of a pre-Raphaelite painting. And maybe that's what's so beautiful about this movie; youth isn't some dispensable, ephemeral quantity of life, regardless of its course, youth does guide our lives, and teaches us that to be happy, you have to risk being hurt.
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Bang Gang (2015) A Modern Love Story
Bang Gang (2015) A Modern Love Story
Bang Gang (2015) A Modern Love Story
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