Read Also | Anupam Kher Shares Memorable Throwback Pic With Ajit Doval And Dr S Jaishankar Details of 'Cuties'Ĭuties is a coming of age French-language film directed by Maimouna Doucoure. We’ve now updated the pictures and description. It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We're deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. "Eleven-year-old Amy starts to revel against her conservative family’s traditions when she becomes fascinated with a free-spirited dance crew." Netflix tweeted an apology: Hoping to join them, she starts to explore her femininity, defying her family’s traditions.” After netizens pointed out that it was inappropriate and should not be up on the streaming platform, Netflix changed the synopsis. “Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Read Also | Atlanta Woman’s Song ‘At The Fridge Again’ Goes Viral, Netizens Hail 'quarantine Anthem' The original logline on Twitter read: Check out the original and changed logline. However, Netflix apologised for the same and changed the poster and synopsis of the film. Over 40,000 people signed a petition in one day urging Netflix to not release the film as it sexualised kids. It so happened that Netflix put up altered posters and synopsis of the film.
Netflix was releasing the film on September 9, but internet users deemed from the film’s trailer that it is inappropriate and one that sexualised kids and demanded Netflix to ban the film. Why is 'Cuties' so controversial?Ĭuties is a French film and it premiered at the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film also shows how at a young age social networks become extremely important and attempt to achieve maximum ‘likes’ on social media posts. The story shows how young kids try to imitate what they see around themselves. The plot of the French film Cuties (French: Mignonnes) revolves around an 11-year-old girl who joins a “twerking dance squad”.
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'Cuties' on Netflix movie plot: What is it about? Netizens took to social media and pointed out how the film was ‘inappropriate’ and sexualized pre-teen girls in the movie. The OTT platform released a statement for having had changed the synopsis and the poster of the film which gave an entirely different interpretation from what the movie originally was. "I think it is urgent that we talk about it, that a debate be had on the subject.Recently, Netflix's official Twitter handle apologised for having portrayed a French film in a wrong light ahead of its release on the streaming platform. And when you're 11, you don't really understand all these mechanisms, but you tend to mimic, to do the same thing as others in order to get a similar result. "Today, the sexier and the more objectified a woman is, the more value she has in the eyes of social media. "There were no particular reasons, besides the fact that they had posted sexy or at least revealing pictures: that is what had brought them this 'fame.' "I saw that some very young girls were followed by 400,000 people on social media and I tried to understand why," she told CineEuropa. Take it down we have the screenshots ," she said.ĭirector Maimouna Doucouré has said that her intention behind the film was concern about the sexualisation of young girls.
"Its about twerking eleven year olds for adult viewing pleasure.
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"There is no need for this kind of content in that age group, especially when sex trafficking and pedophilia are so rampant! There is no excuse, this is dangerous content!"Īllison Mitchell, who started the petition, said in an update that the uproar was less about the artwork and more about the content of the film. "This movie/show is disgusting as it sexualizes an ELEVEN year old for the viewing pleasure of pedophiles and also negatively influences our children!" it reads. The petition on has been signed by 226,000 people in just three days. We've now updated the pictures and description," Netflix said in a statement on Thursday. "We're deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. While the poster is cropped to show only the bottom half of the girls, the postures are suggestive. Netflix was forced to apologise after a sexualised poster was used in the promotion of the film. 'Cuties' tells the story of an 11-year-old girl who rebels against her conservative family to join a dance crew. Over 200,000 people have signed a petition on calling on Netflix to pull a controversial French film that critics say sexualises children. Critics say 'Cuties' sexualises young girls.
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