'Cuties' on Netflix movie plot: Why has the movie become so controversial?

Recently, Netflix's official Twitter handle apologised for having portrayed a French film in a wrong light ahe of its release on streaming platform. OTT platform released a statement for having h changed sypsis and poster of film which gave an entirely different interpretation from what movie originally was. Netizens took to social media and pointed out how film was ‘inappropriate’ and sexualized pre-teen girls in movie.

'Cuties' on Netflix movie plot: What is it about?

plot of French film Cuties (French: Mignnes) revolves around an 11-year-old girl who joins a “twerking dance squ”. story shows how young kids try to imitate what y see around mselves. film also shows how at a young social networks become extremely important and attempt to achieve maximum ‘likes’ on social media posts.

Why is 'Cuties' so controversial?

Cuties is a French film and it premiered at World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Netflix was releasing film on September 9, but internet users deemed from film’s trailer that it is inappropriate and one that sexualised kids and demanded Netflix to ban film. It so happened that Netflix put up altered posters and sypsis of film.

Over 40,000 people signed a petition in one day urging Netflix to t release film as it sexualised kids. However, Netflix apologised for same and changed poster and sypsis of film. Check out original and changed logline.

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original logline on Twitter re:

“Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Hoping to join m, she starts to explore her femininity, defying her family’s tritions.”

After netizens pointed out that it was inappropriate and should t be up on streaming platform, Netflix changed sypsis. It w res:

 "Eleven-year-old Amy starts to revel against her conservative family’s tritions when she becomes fascinated with a free-spirited dance crew."

Netflix tweeted an apology:

We're deeply sorry for inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignnes/Cuties. It was t OK, r was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We’ve w updated pictures and description.

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Details of 'Cuties'

Cuties is a coming of French-langu film directed by Maimouna Doucoure. It won an award at Sundance Film Festival. film also gained jury award for directing and was appreciated by critics for its handling of sensitive topics.

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Im: Screengrab from trailer