How was the controversial sex scene in ‘365 Days’ filmed?
The pair of main actors in “365 Days” played hot scenes so realistically that many viewers suspected that the two were in a “real love movie” situation.
Less than 10 days after airing on Netflix, 365 Days – a Polish film about love and sexual desire – has reached the top 3 most viewed works in many countries such as Vietnam, Germany, and France. , Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Greece, Portugal, India, UK, Canada, USA…
However, when talking about 365 Days, the point that stays in the audience’s mind is not the plot, setting, production techniques or psychological developments of the characters. What makes the audience remember the Polish film are almost all the naked scenes.
Many people even think that the two main actors fell in love with each other and actually filmed the “bed” scene to have such realistic footage.
Variety describes 365 Days as a modern version of the fairy tale Beauty And The Beast. In it, the male protagonist is mafia boss Don Massimo Torricelli (played by Michelle Morrone), who was so infatuated and obsessed with Laura Biel (played by Anna-Maria Sieklucka), that he kidnapped her. Torricelli forces Biel to stay with her for 365 days, after which, if she still doesn’t love him, she can leave.
The romantic description seems to be the only thing the audience appreciates in this film. 365 Days was severely criticized on all film sites, and newspapers specializing in cinema were also powerless to give positive comments for the work.
On the movie information site IMDb, 9,612 viewers who have seen the film all agreed to give the film 3.6/10 points. On the movie site Rotten Tomatoes, although critics have not yet given a score, 146 users who have seen the film agreed with IMDb audiences and gave the film a score of 36.
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Italian actor Michele Morrone plays mafia boss Don Massimo Torricelli in the movie “365 Days”.
Besides, the film also faced mixed controversy about romanticizing the kidnapping and coercion of a certain individual. On Variety, audience member Rocio commented: “Kidnapping is never as romantic and true as 365 Days suggests.
In ’50 Shades’, the focus is that those two characters are considering ending their contract. Consensus is the key issue. The female lead is weak, the male lead is a murderer, drug smuggler and kidnapper. That’s the huge difference between the two works.”
In addition, many audiences continuously criticized the way the scriptwriter and director built the female lead’s psychological development in the direction of “Stockhoml syndrome”. This is a phrase that refers to the reverse psychological state of kidnapped victims.
Accordingly, hostages who have been detained for a long time have changed from feeling fear and hatred to liking, sympathizing and even protecting their captors.
Facing many controversies about the plot and character building, 365 Days still received quite a lot of views thanks to its extremely realistic hot scenes.
Stretching throughout the 114 minutes of the film are love scenes, especially the intimate scene between Don Massimo Torricelli and the flight attendant or the 4-minute lovemaking segment of the main couple.
Realistic hot scenes thanks to filming techniques
On social networks, many viewers called the film directed by Barbara Bialowas “the faulty version of 50 Shades of Gray”.
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The audience condemned the romanticization of kidnapping and the psychological “Stockholm syndrome” in the female protagonist in the film.
In an interview with Variety, Mateusz Cierlica – the film’s image director – said: “The content of the original novel is like a fairy tale about a modern woman, a simulated version of ‘Beauty and the Queen’. monster’.
The movie’s script is quite similar to Fifty Shades of Grey. Both are based on the motif of a rich young man opening up a heroine to his sensual new life. However, in ‘365 Days’, this heroine is much more independent and stronger than the girls in traditional stories.”
Describing the sexual scenes that abound in the film, Cierlia said: “Each love scene in the film is different and related to the relationship between the characters. It begins with fear of human temptations.” I still don’t understand clearly. At first it was just sex, but in the end it became love.”
“I discussed with directors Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes many times. We had different goals. We didn’t want to shoot porn, but at the same time we wanted to fairly convey intimate depictions.” and full of sexuality in the original novel.
Regarding the realistic, sensual hot scene between the two main actors, many viewers questioned whether the two main characters really fell in love with each other and had sex on set?
Not only did they not object, many people also supported the “real fake love movie” relationship of the two actors. “I watched ‘365 Days’ and the ending scene made me sick. But the interaction between Michele Morrone and Anna-Maria Sieklucka is so great, they are really hot,” viewer Mihessa commented on Twitter.
Many opinions also say that the Polish – Italian actor couple will be one of the most popular love couples on the screen in the summer of 2020.
Republicworld reported that actor Michele Morrone even joked that he and co-star Anna-Maria Sieklucka went on a quick date during filming.
Morrone’s words above caused a stir among the audience, raising further questions about the relationship surrounding the duo that is “making waves” on Netflix. The problem became so serious that Anna-Maria Sieklucka had to clarify that she had a boyfriend.
