How to Have Sex is a coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Molly Manning Walker , in her directorial debut. The film stars Mia McKenna-Bruce , Lara Peake and Enva Lewis as three sixteen-year-old best friends who encounter new friendships, sexual pressures and self-discovery during a holiday. Sixteen-year-old best friends Tara, Em, and Skye head to the party resort of Malia on the Greek island of Crete for a rites-of-passage holiday.
While Em will be off to college in the autumn, Tara and Skye are less certain of their futures. The girls all look forward to drinking , clubbing , and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. Tara, the only virgin in the trio, feels pressure to match the sexual experiences of her friends.
While on her hotel room balcony, a neighbouring guest, Badger, flirts with Tara, who reciprocates his advances. He and one of his roommates, Paddy, invite Tara and her group to spend the night partying with his friends. Skye, who is secretly attracted to Badger, openly teases Tara about her lack of experience despite Tara's embarrassment, and encourages her to lose her virginity to Paddy, while Em intends to hook up with one of Badger's female friends.
Tara grows closer to Badger, but is disheartened when she witnesses him volunteer to go onstage at an outdoor club to have multiple strangers perform sex acts on him as part of a game, and she leaves.
She runs into Paddy, and he takes her to the beach and pressures her for sex, which she reluctantly agrees to. The next morning, Em and Badger become concerned when Tara is missing, having not returned to the hotel. However, Tara reappears, and reveals that she spent the night disillusioned and groggy after sex with Paddy and partied with kind strangers who let her spend the night at their villa. Tara seems embarrassed at her sexual experience and only privately reveals it to Em, and attempts to avoid admitting it to Skye.
