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  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Naive teen Gili (Sivan Levy) is determined to improve her social status by hooking up with the most popular guys at her new school, but as she pushes her own limits with every new encounter—offering a succession of sexual favors and allowing herself to be photographed and filmed—the line of consent begins to blur. [Tribeca Film]

Directed By: Johnathan Gurfinkel

Written By: Rona Segal

  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2013
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 40 m

S#x Acts

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Summary Naive teen Gili (Sivan Levy) is determined to improve her social status by hooking up with the most popular guys at her new school, but as she pushes her own limits with every new encounter—offering a succession of sexual favors and allowing herself to be photographed and filmed—the line of consent begins to blur. [Tribeca Film]

Directed By: Johnathan Gurfinkel

Written By: Rona Segal

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91
Dec 5, 2013
With its broad, ambiguous title, S#x Acts reminds us, with heartbreaking power, that sometimes vigilance just isn't enough, and all it takes is an "act" or two to change a life forever.
By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW
90
Dec 6, 2013
Tautly written by Rona Segal and expertly observed by Jonathan Gurfinkel, a documentarian and TV producer who worked on the hilarious Israeli satire Eretz Nehederet, S#x Acts operates almost exclusively at the behavioral level. Suspended between titillation and despair, the movie firmly implicates us in its voyeurism.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 6, 2013
Probably a lot of people who see this film will get fed up with Gili's passivity, but some people in life are passive in a way that feels like a defiantly inactive reaction to ill treatment. These boys don't view her as a person with feelings, but Gurfinkel's film does.
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70
Dec 5, 2013
The movie’s observations of the wolf pack mentality of privileged teenage boys who view every conquest as proof of their prowess is casually devastating.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 1, 2013
In its refusal to bring an easy understanding to its main character's behavior, it comes dangerously close to presenting her as a willing perpetrator in her own victimhood.
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 3, 2013
S#x Acts works as a crash course in sexual ethics, but it also fails to transcend its genre trappings as a morality tale about the dangers of low self-esteem.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 5, 2013
Perhaps Gurfinkel means to suggest a society off-course, but the game feels rigged, his conception of male and female roles so limited that the characters have little choice but to fall in line.
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tazfilm Productions
Release Date Dec 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline Inspired by true events.
Website http://tribecafilm.com/tribecafilm/filmguide/six-acts
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations
Haifa International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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