''Sextape'' (french: À genoux les gars) is a 2018 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by . It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psycho ...

. Film critic Lisa Nesselson writing for

Screen Daily ''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. ...

found the film was "an invaluable and frank conversation-starter in the arena of what constitutes sexual harassment and what can be done about reducing it", while

Todd McCarthy Todd McCarthy (born February 16, 1950) is an American film critic and author. He wrote for ''Variety'' for 31 years as its chief film critic until 2010. In October of that year, he joined ''The Hollywood Reporter'', where he subsequently served ...

writing for ''

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'' called it "a nugget of truth wrapped in a gross and vulgar package." Its had a theatrical release in France on 6 June 2018.

Cast

* Souad Arsane as Yasmina * Inas Chanti as Rim *

Loubna Abidar Loubna Abidar (born 20 September 1985) is a Moroccan actress. Career Abidar was born in Marrakesh. She made her film debut in ''Much Loved'', which was directed by Nabil Ayouch. The film was banned in Morocco due to its graphic sex scenes. In ...

as The mother

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* 2018 films 2018 comedy films French comedy films 2010s French-language films 2010s French films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub