Duffy Criticises Netflix Movie 365 Days For ‘Glamourising Sex Trafficking’

Welsh singer Duffy has criticised Netflix for streaming the film _365 Days

The film - which despite large viewing figures has been widely panned by critics - follows the story of a young Polish woman who is imprisoned by a Sicilian man. Netflix describes the film as 'a fiery executive in a spiritless relationship falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.’

'This should not be anyone's idea of entertainment, nor should it be described as such, or be commercialized in this manner,' the singer wrote in the letter, addressed to the streaming giant's CEO Reed Hastings. 'I write these words (ones I cannot believe I am writing in 2020, with so much hope and progress gained in recent years), as an estimated 25 million people are currently trafficked around the world, not to mention the untold amounts of people uncounted.'

'It grieves me that Netflix provides a platform for such ‘cinema’, that eroticises kidnapping and distorts sexual violence and trafficking as a "sexy" movie,' she continued. 'I just can't imagine how Netflix could overlook how careless, insensitive, and dangerous this is. It has even prompted some young women, recently, to jovially ask Michele Morrone, the lead actor in the film, to kidnap them.'

'We all know Netflix would not host material glamorizing paedophilia, racism, homophobia, genocide, or any other crimes against humanity,' the singer added. 'The world would rightly rise up and scream. Tragically, victims of trafficking and kidnapping are unseen, and yet in 365 Days their suffering is made into a "erotic drama", as described by Netflix.'

In April, Duffy wrote a further blog post detailing her experience, saying that she had been drugged in her own home for four weeks and taken to a foreign country. 'I was lucky to come away with my life, but far too many have not been so lucky,' she wrote in the letter to Netflix. 'And now I have to witness these tragedies, and my tragedy, eroticised and demeaned.'

However, despite the criticism from campaigners that the film glamourises rape culture - and a growing petition asking for the film to be removed - production on a sequel for the film has already begun, actor Michele Morrone confirmed earlier this week.

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