''MILF'' is a 2018

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film directed by

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(in her feature directorial debut) and starring

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and Laffont. The film was released in France on 2 May 2018.

Premise

The film follows a trio of forty-something women who begin dating younger men while on vacation. The trio, Sonia, Cécile, and Elise, are friends who travel to the

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to help Cécile prepare her vacation home to be sold. During their vacation, they meet three men in their twenties – Julien, Paul, and Markus (a former family friend of Cécile's), who work at a local sailing club. The men are immediately interested in the women, who they have deemed "

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s". The six of them spend a lot of time together as a summer fling; the film ends on their last day of vacation. The film also features Laffont's real-life daughter, Mitty Hazanavicius, who plays her daughter Nina, visiting her for a couple of days.

Cast

Release

''MILF'' was released in France on 2 May 2018. It earned $417,231 from 249 theaters in its opening weekend, finishing 10th. The film went on to gross $961,745 in France and a combined $174,890 from Ukraine and Russia, for a worldwide gross of $1.1 million. The film was released on

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in the United States in July 2020.

Critical response

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .

References

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* * 2018 comedy films 2010s female buddy films 2010s French films 2010s French-language films 2010s sex comedy films Belgian sex comedy films Films about vacationing Films set on beaches Films set on the French Riviera Films shot in France French female buddy films French sex comedy films French-language Belgian films StudioCanal films {{2010s-France-film-stub