As any teen movie will teach you, high school is hell. But if you grew up Catholic, then every single thing in life meant a one-way ticket on the express train to hell — especially anything sexual in nature.
So what’s a teenage high school student to do if you discover Internet porn for the first time, but you know that God is just waiting to punish you for eternity? That’s the question at the center of the trailer for the new sex comedy, “Yes, God, Yes.”
The comedy premiered at SXSW last year, where it got positive reviews as well as winning the Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble. Now that the film’s digital release in July is closing in, we’re getting our first full trailer for the sex comedy.
“Yes, God, Yes” takes us back to the early 2000s, a time of clunky cell phones and AOL chats, and tells the story of a teenage girl trying to reconcile her Catholic beliefs with her sexual awakening and the discovery of self-pleasure.
The film stars Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Wolfgang Novogratz, Francesca Reale, Susan Blackwell, Parker Wierling, Alisha Boe, and Donna Lynne Champlin, and marks the directorial debut of writer Karen Maine (co-writer of “Obvious Hit“).
“Yes, God, Yes” will be hitting Virtual Cinemas and select drive-ins on July 24, and will launch on VOD and digital platforms July 28.
Here’s the synopsis:
In the Midwest in the early 00s, sixteen-year-old Alice (Natalia Dyer) has always been a good Catholic girl. But when an AOL chat turns racy, she discovers masturbation and becomes guilt-ridden. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious retreat to try and suppress her urges, but it isn’t easy, especially after a cute boy (Wolfgang Novogratz) starts flirting with her. Alice’s sense of shame is spiraling when she uncovers a shocking truth about the retreat’s most devout. Desperate and confused, she flees and meets an unlikely ally (Susan Blackwell) who offers an alternative view of what it means to be good. For the first time, Alice realizes she can decide for herself what to believe and finally gets the release she needs.
Watch the trailer below: