A majority of viewers watching Cuties (Mignonnes) over the Sept. 18-20 weekend said they did so because of the controversy surrounding the acclaimed French film, according to a new survey from leading Hollywood marketing and research firm Screen Engine/ASI.
Cuties, helmed by Maïmouna Doucouré in her feature directorial debut, is a coming-of-age story about an 11-year-old girl from a traditional Muslim Senegalese family who tries to fit in by joining a group of young dancers who carry out sexualized routines and post them online.
The film has become caught up in pre-election rhetoric in the U.S., with several members of Congress calling on the French-language title to be removed from Netflix's catalog.
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