The plot of the new film 365 Days is proof of our society’s crippling misconceptions about sex and women. This erotic Polish film was met with controversy upon its release to Netflix in June.
The plot of the new film 365 Days is proof of our society’s crippling misconceptions about sex and women. This erotic Polish film was met with controversy upon its release to Netflix in June. In the film, protagonist Laura is a dissatisfied young woman who is kidnapped by the dashing Italian mobster Don Massimo. Massimo says he will keep her prisoner for 365 days until she falls in love with him. What should have been a thriller about a woman trying to escape an evil sociopath instead becomes a romance, where sexual violence is portrayed as not only sexy but as a representation of love. With dialogue that belongs in a low-quality soap opera, 365 Days tells a completely implausible story that serves to demean women and fetishize sexual assault
