A sordid story of Stockholm Syndrome and erotica that is often as far away from consensual as you could get, the film relied on a narrative filled with graphic sex and power imbalances to trundle through its plot, the end of which may have left audiences wanting more. but predominantly because the ending was
just that bad.
Following its initial release, a petition was launched to ban 365 Days from Netflix due to its undertones of sexual assault and violence, with singer Duffy (who had recently told of her own kidnapping ordeal), writing an open letter to Netflix stating that the film glamorises rape.
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Netflix Is Making Two ‘365 Days’ Sequels
Netflix is currently working on two sequels to the erotic drama
365 Days, which arrived on the streaming platform from Poland last June. According to Deadline, cast members Michele Morrone and Anna-Maria Sieklucka will reprise their roles in the controversial franchise, while Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes are returning as directors.
365
Days is based on the best-selling book trilogy by Polish author Blanka Lipinska. It is sometimes called the Polish
50 Shades of Grey due to its similar subject matter and approach to BDSM. In the first movie, a young Polish woman is imprisoned by a dominant Sicilian gangster who gives her one year to fall in love with him.
During our conversation, Excel Joab tells me that one of his favourite songs is
Go Solo by Tom Rosenthal. He first heard the song in a DSTV ad. This, the opportunity to be discovered by new audiences through films or ads, is something he wants to make possible for artists on the African continent.
âI want to help the next generation of artists build that bridge between music and movies,â he said.
But his journey to making future plans in the music industry did not start conventionally.
He was set to join the military. His grandfather had been in the Nigerian Army and he had attended a naval secondary school. When he finished studying political science at the University of Lagos, it was time for him to decide what he wanted to do next.