365 days of upset
Based on the first in a best-selling trilogy of Polish novels by Blanka Lipinska, '365 Days' has ruffled many feathers.
“The movie is horrific and glorifies GBV.” – KZN listener on film ‘365 Days’. Listen to what the rest of KZN had to say about this movie.
Singer Duffy recently revealed that she was raped and kidnapped, and has called on Netflix to remove the movie '365 Days' - as she believes the film is dangerous.
On the surface, the movie is marketed as a thriller with a man stalking a woman, kidnapping her, and her falling in love with him. With fancy cars, a beautiful home, and stunning locations, many young viewers have said that they want to be kidnapped by Massimo, too. If you search for the movie description, this is what you will find: 'A woman falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.' Surely no one would sign up for this...
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Although the movie received terrible ratings upon its release, it climbed steadily to the number 1 spot on Netflix, as teens reenacted scenes from the film on TikTok. That is millions of impressionable teens reenacting scenes of violence. Sound the alarm bells, please!
Netflix did, however, mark the movie as controversial, but social media users are having none of it.
My thoughts exactly #365daysnetflix pic.twitter.com/1FsYjwUcxD
— Abigail Cervantes (@Abbynbeauty) July 3, 2020
The verdict is in! #365daysnetflix was as garbage as I thought it would be, if not worse! Also wtf is the obsession with human trafficking in it? That was completely unneeded and weird. Although... tbh the entire move was unneeded and weird. 0/10 pic.twitter.com/mX05R2Sjco
— ♡Maxi Darling♡ ➡ Angel Oak Island♡ (@PhantomDarling) July 5, 2020
#365daysnetflix movie is disgusting. It glorifies sexual trafficking of women, getting imprisoned and continuous rape by a wealthy man and it does it under the disguise of love. #Netflix should remove #365days movie NOW!
— Alin (@kissedbyfireee) July 6, 2020
With the ever-increasing rate of gender-based violence in South Africa and the world, we are forced to ask ourselves if this movie glamorises rape and the abuse of women.
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