''Public Sex'' (Original title: ''Dogging: A Love Story'') is a British

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film released in 2009 starring

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, Kate Heppell, Justine Glenton and Richard Riddell, directed by Simon Ellis and written by Michael Groom and Brock Norman Brock. The film was originally titled ''Dogging: A Love Story'', and was changed to ''Public Sex'' when released in the

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Premise

Dan (Luke Treadaway) is an aspiring journalist who drops his inhibitions to research the United Kingdom's underground subculture of dogging or

public sex __NOTOC__ Public sex is sexual activity that takes place in a public context. It refers to one or more persons performing a sex act in a public place, or in a private place that can be viewed from a public place. Such a private place may be ...

and along the way finds love and friendship.

Cast

as Dan * Kate Heppell as Laura * Richard Riddell as Rob * Sammy T. Dobson as Tanya *

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as Jim * Justine Francesca Glenton as Sarah (as Justine Glenton) * Allen Mechen as Laura's Dad * Malcolm Freeman as Mister Dole * Sean Francis as Winston * Shaun Mechen as Interested Piker * Dirk Smith as Council Dogger * Ken Mood as Council Dogger (as Kenneth Mood) * Danny Moonshine as Council Dogger * Mike Rivers as Robb's Boss

References

External links

* * http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/public-sex/ * http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/17/dogging-a-love-story * https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/dogging-a-love-story-18-1843728.html * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6839521/Dogging-A-Love-Story-review.html * http://www.fandango.com/dogging:alovestory_v475909/plotsummary
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