It is at the top of the most watched movies currently on Netflix. At a time when consciences are awakening around the question of consent with the MeToo movement, it is also criticized from all sides. Here is “365 DNI” or the art of maintaining the culture of rape and the apology of violence through cinema.
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If you haven’t seen it, you’ve probably heard of this movie: “365 DNI” or “365 days”. A turnip, according to the majority of opinions left on social networks. Badly played, badly shot, badly put together … But a turnip that is one of the most watched films on Netflix. In Reunion, as in mainland France and in other countries of the world. The reason for such success? He is presented as the Polish “50 shades of Gray”, with a hero who would pass the sulphurous Christian Gray for a shy man. But unlike the American feature film, this erotic thriller adapted from the best-seller of Blanka Lipinska hardly cares about the concept of consent. Worse: under the name of the film “romantic”, it maintains the culture of rape and praises violence. “I won’t do anything without your permission“, says the hero, Massimo, to the woman he kidnaps and refuses to him, while touching her breasts.”It’s your fault“he accuses her, when she has just escaped a rape in a nightclub, under the pretext that she wears a short dress and that she danced languidly. And what to think of this mania for the grab at any end by the neck to show him all his power? Or this fellatio imposed on a flight attendant who ends up in tears, but who leaves all the same with a small smile at the corner of the lips as if , finally, a forced relationship is not that bad…
Sexual predator
Clearly, Massimo is a sexual predator, a patient who would have more his place in prison or psychiatric hospital, but who finds himself elevated to the rank of romantic hero because he is beautiful, muscular, rich and powerful. All over France, critics of the film were not quick to come. Until Réunion, where Femmes 974, an association fighting against harassment, sexism and sexual and moral violence condemns production altogether. “While we should strive to educate our young people with respect for each other, by talking to them, among other things, about the concept of consent … films that participate in the culture of rape are accessible on platforms like Netflix, she laments. Yes, we can talk about sex. Yes, sexualities are diverse and varied and each approach their relationship to the other as they see fit. But when she says “No”, it’s No!“
If all the subjects can be approached, in literature as with the cinema, one does not have indeed to glorify toxic and violent relations. What’s more is on a streaming platform also easily accessible to minors.
Nathalie Techer
A petition to withdraw the film
The Sœurcières collective launched an online petition (change.org) to ask Netflix and Netflix France to withdraw the film. “This film highlights the culture of rape by presenting it as something romantic, he writes. A film that promotes the culture of rape has no place on our screens or in our society. At no time is the concept of consent respected. This dangerous and disrespectful film must be removed from the Netflix platform. If this is not done, it will again be proof that society spits in the face of all victims of sexual violence.“In one week, the petition had already collected more than 7,000 signatures.
What is it about ?
A woman, sales manager, is on vacation in Sicily to save her couple. A member of the Sicilian mafia kidnaps her and sequesters her in a luxurious place. He gives her a year to fall in love with him.
What you think of it
The question was asked on social networks and opinions are shared locally. If many agree that it is “shit“, to the point where some people watched it accelerated to finish the film as quickly as possible, several Internet users found it”way” or “good“, even if he “ends in flop“.
A suite ?
While Netflix finds itself in the spotlight of critics and refuses for the moment to speak on the subject, the interpreter of the main heroine, Anna-Maria Sieklucka, confirmed in a live Instagram that a sequel to the film was currently in preparation.
“We will not be able to film abroad this year because of the pandemic. You will have to be patient and wait. It will probably be next year”, she said.
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