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Drama

Cuties

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Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.

Release Date : 2020-08-19

Language :ArabicFrenchWolofSpanishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Bien ou Bien ProductionsFrance 3 Cinéma

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Fathia Youssouf

Character Name : Amy

Original Name : Fathia Youssouf

Gender : Female

Medina El Aidi

Character Name : Angelica

Original Name : Medina El Aidi

Gender : Female

Esther Gohourou

Character Name : Coumba

Original Name : Esther Gohourou

Gender : Male

Ilanah Cami-Goursolas

Character Name : Jess

Original Name : Ilanah Cami-Goursolas

Gender : Female

Myriam Hamma

Character Name : Yasmine

Original Name : Myriam Hamma

Gender : Male

Maïmouna Gueye

Character Name : Mariam

Original Name : Maïmouna Gueye

Gender : Female

Mbissine Thérèse Diop

Character Name : Aunt

Original Name : Mbissine Thérèse Diop

Gender : Female

Demba Diaw

Character Name : Ismaël

Original Name : Demba Diaw

Gender : Male

Mamadou Samaké

Character Name : Samba

Original Name : Mamadou Samaké

Gender : Male

Jean-Paul Castro

Character Name : Angelica's Brother

Original Name : Jean-Paul Castro

Gender : Male

Bilel Chegrani

Character Name : Walid C.

Original Name : Bilel Chegrani

Gender : Male

Canelle Brival

Character Name : Sweety Swag

Original Name : Canelle Brival

Gender : Male

Reviews

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r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

Right intentions, but rather awful execution. I'll start off by saying I do believe the intentions of the filmmakers were positive. There are undoubtedly minors being exposed to similar themes to that of the film, so it's imperative that people - particularly parents - are made aware of this. With that said, 'Cuties' goes about it in entirely the wrong way. The message, which does become clear at the end, is to stop the exploitation of children - yet here they are doing just that. There are scenes and/or camera angles that simply should not have been filmed and shown. There is no need for certain shots. More should've been left for the viewer to work out, as opposed to shoving it into our faces and therefore practically doing what they are criticising. For example, they could've zoomed away at particular points or got an extreme close up of the characters' eyes when they were doing sexualised things. For what it's worth, I will say I respect the performance of lead Fathia Youssouf (Amy) - I felt a fair amount of emotion from her at certain points. None of the other cast members stick out in my memory, though none produce anything negative. I've spent a long time thinking about how I was going to word my review, much longer than I usually would at least. It's slightly tricky as, as mentioned, I do believe it intended to do the right thing. Unfortunately though, it ends up - in my eyes - doing what it's trying to say is bad. There are some extreme thoughts on this film, not all of which are right in my opinion. However, as said, it isn't a good watch - even if only judging on film merits.

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rickniks38

@rickniks38

2022-10-20

If you have this any higher than a 1/10 you are a criminal & the F.B.I will be coming for you shortly.