ArchangelMadzz said:
Barozi said:
Again I haven't seen the movie but since someone here claimed that there isn't even any nudity in the movie, I did some research and according to Forbes, the breast in that internet video does not belong to a minor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/09/12/ted-cruz-falsely-claims-netflixs-cuties-shows-child-nudity-in-call-for-doj-probe/#5de3c744c162
The rest seems to be exactly what the director was aiming for.
Here's an interview with the producer:
What was the inspiration for this project?
It came from Maïmouna’s personal experience. She grew up in a large family living in one room in the 19th district of Paris, in a social housing project. She regularly goes back to the neighborhood to see her family and in one of the local festivities she saw a group of young 11-year-old girls dancing very provocatively to an audience with many mothers wearing traditional head scarves. She found it fascinating and disturbing and it raised the question of what role models young women can follow. It’s a very visceral movie. It really got under her skin and we feel it.
https://variety.com/2020/film/global/zangro-sundance-cuties-1203467120/
So basically she wanted to film what she has seen in real life. Wouldn't work nearly as well if she casted 16-year-olds and pretended they were 14 in the movie.
Also seriously? 11-year-olds watching porn on smartphones? You have to be pretty naive to assume that this is uncommon.
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No one is saying these things don't happen.
As I said, there's a clear difference between murder in movies and real life snuff films. This is a production where they're using real children. It would be different if it was an older actress that looked young and played a younger character.
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to which I already replied that 3 out of 4 girls were 13-ish during the time they filmed it.
And I also mentioned that you probably won't find a 16-year-old, hell definitely not an 18-year-old, that looks like she would be anywhere near 11.
