Netflix apologizes, won’t remove ‘upsetting’ film
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This article was published 22/08/2020 (2242 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Netflix issued an apology Thursday after thousands signed a petition demanding the immediate removal of the controversial French film Cuties from the streaming platform.
The movie, originally titled Mignonnes, about an 11-year-old who rebels against her family and joins a “free-spirited dance crew,” is accused of sexualizing young girls “for the viewing pleasure of pedophiles.” On social media, people are calling Netflix’s poster for the movie — which pictures its four preteen stars posing in costumes baring their legs and midriffs — “disgusting,” “upsetting” and “sick.” Netflix has apologized for its promotional materials but there are no plans to scrap the film, which is set to debut globally on Sept. 9.
“We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties,” Netflix said in a statement Thursday morning. “It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film, which won an award at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description.”
The Change.org campaign to delete the title had amassed more than 49,000 signatures as of Thursday morning, and Netflix’s apology did not go over well with those who believe altering the poster and synopsis is not enough.
In a recent interview with Cineuropa, director Maimouna Doucoure explained Cuties is based in part on her own childhood experiences, as well as those of girls growing up today.
“This isn’t a health and safety ad,” Doucoure told Cineuropa. “This is most of all an uncompromising portrait of an 11-year-old girl plunged in a world that imposes a series of dictates on her. It was very important not to judge these girls, but most of all to understand them, to listen to them, to give them a voice, to take into account the complexity of what they’re living through in society, and all of that in parallel with their childhood which is always there, their imaginary, their innocence.”— Los Angeles Times
