Maïmouna Doucouré, director of van de Franse film Cuties “fight the same fight” as the people who criticize her film. She told this on Monday during a virtual panel organized by the French promotion organization UniFrance.
In the film, an 11-year-old girl joins a peer dance troupe, which is not appreciated by her traditional family. The film won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing award at the Sundance Film Festival.
However, there was a fuss around the movie after Netflix distributed a movie poster that critics say would sexualize the girls. On the poster, the main characters wore revealing dance outfits and posed provocatively. Netflix, which bought the film from Sundance, apologized and withdrew the poster.
According to the 35-year-old director, the controversy started because of the movie poster. “The important thing is to watch the movie and understand that we are fighting the same fight.”
‘The hypersexualization of children is happening everywhere’
Doucouré rejects the idea that the criticism of the film has to do with cultural differences between France, Europe and America. “I thought the film would be accepted. It was shot at Sundance and was watched by American people there. I met the audience and they really saw that the movie is about a universal issue. ”
“It’s not about French society – the hypersexualization of children is happening through social media and social media is everywhere. People (at Sundance, ed.) Agreed.”
“We have to protect our children. What I want is to open people’s eyes to this problem and try to solve it,” the filmmaker continues. She adds that it is “” important and necessary to initiate debate and find solutions. “
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