Dade Hayes Finance EditorCuties continues to keep Netflix in the spotlight, for reasons other than what was envisioned when the company acquired the French film at Sundance in 2019.Directed by Maïmouna Doucouré, the film (titled Mignonnes in French) takes aim at society’s sexualization of girls, through an ensemble of 11-year-old girls.
But some advocacy groups and politicians have decried its poster art (and even its very existence) as exploitative and perpetuating the very degradation that it intends to critique.Last month, Netflix apologized for the poster promoting the film’s September 9 debut in the U.S.
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