Download Film Like And Share (2022)
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Like. Share. Follow. is a 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Glenn Gers. It stars Keiynan Lonsdale and Ema Horvath.[1] The film is a co-production between Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer and Gunpowder & Sky.
Best friends Lisa and Sarah are two 17-year-olds living in Jakarta, who are trying to forge a career in the world of ASMR, by eating food in a way that is both artful and sensual. The more they deal with the world of YouTube however, the more they find themselves sucked in, with Lisa in particular, developing an obsession with porn that is soon revealed to be something completely different. Sarah, on the other hand, has her own share of troubles through her relationship with an older man which Lisa does not approve of, both for his age and also because she starts feeling neglected. As time passes, the pressure the girls feel from varying sides becomes more and more palpable, while an incident involving Sarah and her inability to acknowledge it add even more to the tension between the two.
Although Gina S. Noer implements an approach that looks like that of a teenage (melo)drama, the context here is much richer than what is usually the case in such films, to the point that the base genre can be interpreted as just the wrapping of a much more intricate movie. In that fashion, and in an approach that seems quite brave considering the censorship laws of the country, Noer talks about female addiction to porn (in a concept very rarely examined in cinema in general), the impact the internet and social media have on youths, again in conjunction with online porn, and particularly as a concept their parents fail to understand, and the concept of abuse, especially from the perspective of the victim, with denial emerging as a rather shocking reaction here.
The aim of the films is to help 8-10 year olds learn how to stay safe online. In particular, the films teach them to spot the early signs of manipulative, pressurising and threatening behaviour by people they might meet online, and develops their confidence to respond safely and get help.