Farah Goes Bang is a 2013 American road-trip comedy directed by

Meera Menon Meera Menon is an Indian–American director, writer, and editor. Her feature directorial debut, ''Farah Goes Bang'', screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and was awarded the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize by Tribeca and ''Vogue''. She cur ...

, and written by Menon and Laura Goode. The film was produced by Goode, Erica Fishman, Danielle Firoozi, and Liz Singh. The film was

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's feature film debut and premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival where it won The Nora Ephron Prize. The film was picked up for distribution by Seed&Spark, and received a VOD release in April 2015.

Plot

Three best friends and recent grads, Farah, Roopa and K.J., embark on a cross-country trip across America to canvas for

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in 2004. Though the plan is to travel from

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where they live, to

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in order to campaign the girls decide to campaign on their road trip anyway. Farah ( Nikohl Boosheri) is the only one among her friends who is still a virgin, despite having had the opportunity to have sex in the past. Her friends encourage her to have sex on the trip and along the way speak to their experiences losing their virginity. After K.J. tells Farah that she bled after having sex for the first time, Farah penetrates herself with a toy gun in order to rip her hymen so that she won't bleed when she chooses to have sex. In Ohio the friends try to register voters. They also witness

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on the TV and, along with other Ohio canvassers talk about their desire to inspire change in their country. On election day the friends go to a bar in order to wait out the results. While K.J. and Roopa set off some fireworks together, Farah leaves with a handsome stranger she encounters, who turns out to be a veteran of the

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. Farah and the stranger sleep together and she then returns to her friends. They congratulate Farah for having sex and the three of them set off the final firework together. In the morning Farah awakens to see

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's concession speech. Heartbroken the friends head out to the lake once more and admit that Kerry was not that great of a candidate.

Cast

* Nikohl Boosheri - Farah Mahtab *

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- Jared * Kiran Deol - Roopa Raj * Kandis Erickson - K.J. Lux *

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- Campaigner

Reception

The film received praise from ''

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'', which noted the "film’s warm-hearted treatment of its central characters."

References

External links

* *{{Twitter American comedy road movies 2010s comedy road movies Films set in 2004 Films about elections 2013 comedy films 2013 films Films directed by Meera Menon 2010s English-language films 2010s American films