Netflix issued an apology on Thursday after thousands signed a petition demanding the immediate removal of the controversial French film “Cuties” from the streaming platform.
The petition on Change.org has already amassed over 138,000 signatures, the petition started by Allison Mitchell reads: “This movie/show is disgusting as it sexualizes an ELEVEN-year-old for the viewing pleasure of pedophiles and also negatively influences our children!
“There is no need for this kind of content in that age group, especially when sex trafficking and paedophilia are so rampant! There is no excuse, this is dangerous content!”
– https://www.change.org/p/parents-of-young-children-petition-to-remove-cuties-from-netflix?redirect=false
The movie being referred to is called ‘CUTIES’ and its description reads: “Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Hoping to join them, she starts to explore her femininity, defying her family’s traditions.”
Netflix said in a statement on Thursday morning they apologise for artwork used however did not mention anything about some of the major concerns many hold with the film.
“We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. 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.” — Netflix (@netflix) August 20, 2020
In a recent interview with Cineuropa, director Maïmouna Doucouré explained the inspiration for “Cuties,” claiming it was based on her own childhood experience she said: “This isn’t a health & safety ad,
“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.”
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