A Lot or a Little?
What you will—and won't—find in this movie.
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Positive Messages
none
Movie suggests that women are turned on by domineering and brutal men who take what they want.
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Positive Role Models
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Film models a dynamic of women first resisting, then submitting, via Stockholm syndrome, to violent and overpowering men.
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Violence & Scariness
a lot
A man's face is covered with blood when his father is shot. Gangsters discuss sex trafficking of young girls. A gangster threatens a financial adviser. A kidnapper tells the woman he kidnapped that he's "going to give her a chance" to fall in love with him. A man warns the woman he has kidnapped "I can't be gentle. I'm not used to tolerating disobedience." A man who has kidnapped a woman and murdered people lectures a tied-up colleague who trafficked in young girls on ethics. He later kills the colleague. Kidnapper instructs his victim that she can defy him and make things difficult or she can "take part in an adventure that fate has given you." A kidnapped woman is carried kicking and screaming onto a private jet. A man touches a woman's nipple through her shirt, without permission, and puts his hand into her pants.
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Sex, Romance & Nudity
a lot
A man is drugged, stripped; photos are taken of him having sex with buxom woman. Breasts shown. Wealthy man unzips his pants, demands oral sex from flight attendant on his private jet (seems to be forcing her, especially given that he's her employer, but later she's seen with hint of smile, suggesting she enjoyed being dominated). Photographs indicate a man has seemingly cheated on his girlfriend, but that is later called into question. Kidnap victim finds her kidnapper sleeping next to her shirtless, feels attracted to him. They get naked in shower. He asks why she's staring at his penis, if she wants to touch it. She touches his buttocks but leaves the shower. He grabs her by the neck. She is later forced onto an airplane, tied up in her seat. Her captor touches her nipple through her shirt, without permission, puts his hand into her pants. She seems aroused. A man throws a woman onto his bed, binds her hand and foot, has another woman give him oral sex in front of her. She's naked under her bathrobe; one breast shows. Kidnap victim seems to willingly submit to her captor; they have mutually pleasurable sex in many positions: oral sex, he kisses and touches her breasts, they alternate who's on top, her legs around his neck. He comes in from behind, spits on his hand, suggesting anal sex may be involved. No genitals shown. Sex against window of a high-rise, on deck of yacht. Describing her boyfriend's penis, Laura says "the devil" molded it.
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Language
a lot
"F--k," "s--t," "ass," "d--k," "piss," "hell," "damn," "balls," "scumbag," and "wop."
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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking
a lot
Cocaine is mentioned. A man is drugged and stripped, then photos are taken of him having sex with a woman. A woman is drugged and kidnapped. Adults drink alcohol to excess. Adults smoke cigarettes.
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Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that 365 Days is a 2020 erotic film in Polish, Italian, and English (with English subtitles). Its popularity has raised the question on social media regarding whether the movie's graphic sex scenes record actors actually having sex. The story is based on the Polish trilogy 365 dni by Blanka Lipinska. A handsome gangster glimpses a woman and then spends years searching the world for her. When he finds her, he kidnaps the woman, locks her away, and "gives" her a year to fall in love with him. Lots of lustful looks and touches precede all-out sex, including a scene in which he chains her to a bed while another woman gives him oral sex. No genitals are shown, but the movie offers many graphic sex scenes with bared breasts and bottoms, and a number of positions from the Kama Sutra and other sexual how-to manuals. While fans of titillation will find much to enjoy here, the message is a dangerous one: that when overpowering men are involved, women say "no" but mean "yes." A few murders are thrown in on the side, and language includes "f--k," "s--t," "ass," "d--k," "piss," "hell," "damn," and "wop." Characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol to excess. Cocaine is mentioned, as is sex trafficking of young girls. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
What's the Story?
In 365 DAYS, Massimo (Michele Morrone, a model, actor, and singer who contributed songs to the soundtrack) is a tall, handsome, and brooding Sicilian gangster whose father was shot in front of his eyes. At that moment, he glimpsed Laura (Anna Maria Sieklucka) and became obsessed with finding her and making her fall in love with him. When he locates her, instead of wooing her, he drugs and kidnaps her, imprisons her, and tells her she has 365 days to fall in love with him. If she doesn't, he will let her go. She struggles to escape and he violently stops her, at times putting his large hand gruffly around her neck to keep her from running. He ominously warns her, "Don't provoke me," and notes that he doesn't tolerate "disobedience," suggesting that in his view, a kidnap victim ought to buckle to his orders and desires. At the same time, he "gallantly" promises never to do anything sexual without her permission, and then puts his hand on her breast and later slips his hand down her pants while she's tied up. Laura is a bundle of contradictions herself, walking around naked to tease him but also adamantly resistant to his advances. She tries to escape but is thwarted by bodyguards and police on the take. Eventually, she gives in to her lust for the towering Massimo, suggesting that, for all their protestations, women just want to be dominated by gruff alpha males. The film ends abruptly with a planned, unexplained murder, paving the way for a sequel.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about why 365 Days has become so popular despite its less-than-stellar script, editing, plot, and direction. Do you think the depiction of pretty people having sex is enough to generate such popularity, or is something else at work?
Netflix subscribers in the United States have access to this film. Do you think it would be as popular if people had to go to the trouble of downloading and paying for it? Why or why not?
Do you think erotica has value? Do you think it's important that only adults have access to such materials? Why or why not?
