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Maple Pictures Will Bring Us 'Young People F**king'
Filed under: Comedy », Romance », Distribution », Politics »
At the beginning of the month, Martin Gero's comedy Young People F**king was dealt a big blow by some proposed changes to Canada's film funding requirements. Canadian Heritage officials had announced their plan for "expanding slightly" the criteria for denying tax credits, which would dip into areas of violence and sexual content that lacks an educational purpose. As The Hollywood Reporter describes it, Bill C-10 came about "after Prime Minister Stephen Harper reportedly objected to public subsidies being used to produce and launch Gero's debut."I'd bet almost anything that Mr. Harper hasn't seen the film. I've said it once, and I'll say it again -- the racy title is not indicative of raunchy, skin-filled sexual content! On the bright side, the motion is currently stalled, and the buzz is helping the romantic comedy, which has been picked up by Maple Pictures. F**king was supposed to be released by Christal Films next month, but producer Steven Hoban took the film back and sold it to Maple, who will release it on June 13 on 25-30 screens. Huzzah!
TIFF Review: Young People F*cking
Filed under: Comedy », Independent », Theatrical Reviews », Festival Reports », Toronto International Film Festival », Cinematical Indie »
Young People F*cking is, indeed, the story of young people, well, f*cking. But it is not the explosively shocking film that the title suggests. After forays into real sex with Shortbus, many are quick to imagine that a film which uses the f-word in its title must also be shocking in its plot and execution. But it is not. Sure, there are jaw-dropping moments, but they are served through the writing and scenes, not how much skin hits the screen. Martin Gero's feature debut is simply an adult film about sex that, as he tells it, discusses what happens after those first forays -- the ones that have been well documented over the years in teen sex comedies.
The film follows the scenarios of The Friends, The Couple, The Exes, The First Date and The Roommates -- but not in an intricately-entwined, John Sayles sort of way. Each group of people explores sex on their own turf and do not interact with each other -- instead, they embody vastly different sexual experiences. However, they come together by hitting the truths of modern relationships and how both the mundane and risque often come from the same place.
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