Crushes : Ex-raying Promiscuity

When a society is taken over by lust and sex, the population, especially the women, suffer. This is one of the messages the film producer, Dylan Tizie, reveales in his latest movie “Crushes”, premiered recently in Bamenda, North West Region.

According to the producer, most societies today are deeply sick and depraved. Many people, he says, have given themselves over to the pursuit of carnal pleasure. More specifically, people of all age groups now have a fixation on lust and sex-and all of the myriad types of sexual perversions; Today, the producer narrates people glamorised lust and sex, romanticised it and eulogised it. “Crushes” is a movie about lust; sisters having intimate relationship with their brothers, mothers having love affairs with house helps and young girls rushing into an unprepared relationship and getting pregnant for the same man.

The film talks about pursued, promiscuous, free and wanton sex. It tells the story of Berklins, a guy who grew out of the country and at a point decides to visit his family in Cameroon. Upon arrival, every girl wanted him as a sex partner including his own cousin. He is also that kind of boy that loves sex and spends his time sexually interacting with all the girls while promising them love and marriage. On the other hand, Berklin’s aunt, a single woman, is that kind of woman who loves young boys. She uses her position as a boss to have a love affair with her innocent house help (Mike). After all, Be...