Netflix’s 365 Days trilogy is a series of erotic dramas based on the novels by Blanka Lipińska. The films follow the turbulent relationship between Laura, a Polish woman who is kidnapped by Massimo, a Sicilian mafia boss who gives her 365 days to fall in love with him. The first film, 365 Days, was released in 2020 and became a viral sensation on Netflix, despite being widely panned by critics and viewers alike. The film drew parallels with the 2015 erotic drama Fifty Shades of Grey, but was criticised for romanticising kidnapping and rape1. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes collected 16 reviews and identified 0% of them as positive, with an average rating of 1.9/102.
365 Days
The sequel, 365 Days: This Day, was released in 2022 and continued the story of Laura and Massimo, who face new challenges and threats from Massimo’s family and rivals. The film also introduced a new love interest for Laura,...
365 Days
The sequel, 365 Days: This Day, was released in 2022 and continued the story of Laura and Massimo, who face new challenges and threats from Massimo’s family and rivals. The film also introduced a new love interest for Laura,...
- 9/16/2023
- by amalprasadappu
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Exclusive: Anna-Maria Sieklucka (365 Days) has been tapped to star opposite Charlotte Kirk (The Lair) in the psychological thriller Compulsion. The film which is set to start shooting next week in Malta hails from Neil Marshall (The Descent), who will direct from his own script.
Inspired by such notable erotic thrillers of the ’80s and ’90s as Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct and Single White Female, Compulsion centers around the dynamically twisted relationship between two women, as both become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta. Kirk’s character, Diana, is described as a flamboyant and ruthless thief; Sieklucka’s Evie, as a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past and a dark secret.
Also starring Zach McGowan (Dracula Untold), Giulia Gorietti (Suburra), Cinzia Monreale (The Beyond) and Harvey Dean (Sea Dragon), Compulsion will be produced by Kristyna Sellnerova for Kristyna Sellnerova Ltd, with executive producer Emily Corcoran,...
Inspired by such notable erotic thrillers of the ’80s and ’90s as Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct and Single White Female, Compulsion centers around the dynamically twisted relationship between two women, as both become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta. Kirk’s character, Diana, is described as a flamboyant and ruthless thief; Sieklucka’s Evie, as a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past and a dark secret.
Also starring Zach McGowan (Dracula Untold), Giulia Gorietti (Suburra), Cinzia Monreale (The Beyond) and Harvey Dean (Sea Dragon), Compulsion will be produced by Kristyna Sellnerova for Kristyna Sellnerova Ltd, with executive producer Emily Corcoran,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In a shocking abrogation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — at least as it pertains to film critics — a mere 114 days has elapsed between Barbara Białowas and Tomasz Mandes’ two sequels to their 2020 Netflix-busting softcore phenom, “365 Days.” So just a few scant months after “365 Days: This Day” left us in a swirl of Steadicam and a hail of bullets, here’s “The Next 365 Days,” plunging the series’ fans, and its contractually obliged observers, back into the lightly kink-dusted erotic adventures of Laura (Anna-Maria Sieklucka) and Massimo (Michele Morrone), the streaming era’s favorite oversexed, underclad rape-apologist couple. What a time to be alive.
In truth, the shortness of that window is a blessing, given the third film optimistically expects us to remember what happened in the second — beyond there being an evil twin, a blisteringly attractive gardener called Nacho (Simone Sussina) and a comical climactic...
In truth, the shortness of that window is a blessing, given the third film optimistically expects us to remember what happened in the second — beyond there being an evil twin, a blisteringly attractive gardener called Nacho (Simone Sussina) and a comical climactic...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
When it landed on Netflix in the summer of 2020, Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes’ smash hit “365 Days” offered the streamer something special: its very own spin on “Fifty Shades of Grey,” complete with paper-thin plots, supposedly kinky sex, and a popular book series that included two more books ripe for the film treatment. Two years later, the popular — but controversial — film series chugs onward with its first sequel, a nearly two-hour affair that doesn’t just push the boundaries of tasteful entertainment, but simply steamrolls right over them in service to . Sexy, right?
Bialowas and Mandes’ first film stuck faithfully to the material provided by author (and co-screenwriter) Blanka Lipinska: a bored Polish hotel worker (Anna Maria Sieklucka as Laura) becomes the object of obsession for a sexy, if seriously fucked up, mafioso named Massimo (Michele Morrone). Massimo’s desire for Laura, initially kicked off after he spotted...
Bialowas and Mandes’ first film stuck faithfully to the material provided by author (and co-screenwriter) Blanka Lipinska: a bored Polish hotel worker (Anna Maria Sieklucka as Laura) becomes the object of obsession for a sexy, if seriously fucked up, mafioso named Massimo (Michele Morrone). Massimo’s desire for Laura, initially kicked off after he spotted...
- 4/27/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Netflix has revealed several images and a trailer for “365 Days: This Day,” the sequel to “365 Days,” which was a smash hit for the service. The sequel will stream from Apr. 27.
In the first film, the story of Laura and Massimo ended on a cliffhanger. It was in the daily Top 10 list on Netflix in over 90 countries around the world and it was the fourth most searched for film on Google globally in 2020.
However, it was accused of contributing to rape culture, and prompted a letter for its removal from the service. Singer Duffy wrote a letter to Netflix objecting to the film. Netflix declined to remove the film, indicating that it carried a caution for violence, sex and nudity and pointing out that it was an acquisition and not a commission. The film had released theatrically in Poland prior to being acquired.
In the sequel, the beautiful, feisty and...
In the first film, the story of Laura and Massimo ended on a cliffhanger. It was in the daily Top 10 list on Netflix in over 90 countries around the world and it was the fourth most searched for film on Google globally in 2020.
However, it was accused of contributing to rape culture, and prompted a letter for its removal from the service. Singer Duffy wrote a letter to Netflix objecting to the film. Netflix declined to remove the film, indicating that it carried a caution for violence, sex and nudity and pointing out that it was an acquisition and not a commission. The film had released theatrically in Poland prior to being acquired.
In the sequel, the beautiful, feisty and...
- 4/7/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
365 Days probably wasn’t the film Poland was hoping would be its global calling card. After decades of art house acclaim from the likes of Andrzej Wajda (Man of Iron), Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness), Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida, Cold War), Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi) and Malgorzata Szumowska (Never Gonna Snow Again), the first Polish film that truly broke though to become a worldwide, mainstream success was a soft-core erotic thriller.
Blame the pandemic. Blame Netflix. Directed by Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes, and based on the Fifty Shades of Grey-style trilogy by Polish writer Blanka Lipinska, 365 Days was produced primarily for the local ...
Blame the pandemic. Blame Netflix. Directed by Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes, and based on the Fifty Shades of Grey-style trilogy by Polish writer Blanka Lipinska, 365 Days was produced primarily for the local ...
365 Days probably wasn’t the film Poland was hoping would be its global calling card. After decades of art house acclaim from the likes of Andrzej Wajda (Man of Iron), Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness), Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida, Cold War), Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi) and Malgorzata Szumowska (Never Gonna Snow Again), the first Polish film that truly broke though to become a worldwide, mainstream success was a soft-core erotic thriller.
Blame the pandemic. Blame Netflix. Directed by Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes, and based on the Fifty Shades of Grey-style trilogy by Polish writer Blanka Lipinska, 365 Days was produced primarily for the local ...
Blame the pandemic. Blame Netflix. Directed by Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes, and based on the Fifty Shades of Grey-style trilogy by Polish writer Blanka Lipinska, 365 Days was produced primarily for the local ...
Polish film “365 Days,” a 2020 global success for Netflix, is getting two sequels.
The giant streamer has announced the start of production on “365 Days” part 2 and part 3. The original film follows Massimo, a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura, a sales director. She does not expect that on a trip to Sicily trying to save her relationship, Massimo will kidnap her and give her 365 days to fall in love with him.
The sequels see Massimo and Laura return, but their reunion is rendered complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win her heart and trust, at any cost.
The original film was a Netflix acquisition. Variety understands that Netflix will be more involved in the sequels.
Original cast members Michele Morrone, Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Magdalena Lamparska and Otar Saralidze return for the sequels. Simone Susinna joins the cast, playing a new character,...
The giant streamer has announced the start of production on “365 Days” part 2 and part 3. The original film follows Massimo, a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura, a sales director. She does not expect that on a trip to Sicily trying to save her relationship, Massimo will kidnap her and give her 365 days to fall in love with him.
The sequels see Massimo and Laura return, but their reunion is rendered complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win her heart and trust, at any cost.
The original film was a Netflix acquisition. Variety understands that Netflix will be more involved in the sequels.
Original cast members Michele Morrone, Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Magdalena Lamparska and Otar Saralidze return for the sequels. Simone Susinna joins the cast, playing a new character,...
- 5/14/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fans of Polish erotic movie 365 Days rejoice – I can reveal that Netflix is set to serve you up parts two and three of the pic that titillated viewers around the world and also sparked significant controversy when it debuted on the platform last summer.
Original cast members Michele Morrone and Anna-Maria Sieklucka (spoiler alert) will reprise their lead roles, with Magdalena Lamparska also returning. Model and actor Simone Susinna is joining the cast as new character Nacho. Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes are back on directing duties.
This time out, Laura and Massimo are reunited, but their new beginning is complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win her heart and trust at any cost.
The first film’s storyline – which saw a young Polish woman imprisoned by a Sicilian gangster who gives her one year to fall in...
Original cast members Michele Morrone and Anna-Maria Sieklucka (spoiler alert) will reprise their lead roles, with Magdalena Lamparska also returning. Model and actor Simone Susinna is joining the cast as new character Nacho. Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes are back on directing duties.
This time out, Laura and Massimo are reunited, but their new beginning is complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win her heart and trust at any cost.
The first film’s storyline – which saw a young Polish woman imprisoned by a Sicilian gangster who gives her one year to fall in...
- 5/14/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Italian actor Michele Morrone caused a stir on social media after his erotic film 365 Days released digitally earlier this year. While women are in awe of his good looks, he says he does not mind being ugly for a film, as it is more important to be an artiste rather than a sexy man.
Based on the first novel of a trilogy written by Blanka Lipinska, the film casts Morrone as a Sicilian mobster named Massimo Torricelli.
Doing the film was a challenge for him. "It was something I had never done in my life. In my previous movie ('Bar Giuseppe') I had played a drug dealer and I had lost nine kilos. I had never played a sex addict and Massimo was a sex addict. It was a challenge for me to understand that kind of a psychology," Morrone told Ians.
The Polish film had first...
Based on the first novel of a trilogy written by Blanka Lipinska, the film casts Morrone as a Sicilian mobster named Massimo Torricelli.
Doing the film was a challenge for him. "It was something I had never done in my life. In my previous movie ('Bar Giuseppe') I had played a drug dealer and I had lost nine kilos. I had never played a sex addict and Massimo was a sex addict. It was a challenge for me to understand that kind of a psychology," Morrone told Ians.
The Polish film had first...
- 9/15/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
365 Days, a Polish erotic drama which fans claim makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like a family friendly experience, may be getting a sequel. Although neither Netflix – who distributes the pic to North American audiences – nor Next Film, the European production company that made it, has confirmed a follow-up, the sheer success of 365 Days suggests it’s only a matter of time before this dark yet sensual storyline will be continued in the future.
For reference, 365 Days – or 365 Dni, as it is known to Polish audiences – follows the misfortune of a businesswoman who, when holidaying in the Mediterranean, finds herself kidnapped and turned into the sex slave of an aggressive and intimidating mob boss. Compared to Fifty Shades of Grey, in which the sexual relations between a CEO and his assistant are portrayed as at least somewhat consensual, 365 Dni presents the world of human trafficking in a much more unapologetic,...
For reference, 365 Days – or 365 Dni, as it is known to Polish audiences – follows the misfortune of a businesswoman who, when holidaying in the Mediterranean, finds herself kidnapped and turned into the sex slave of an aggressive and intimidating mob boss. Compared to Fifty Shades of Grey, in which the sexual relations between a CEO and his assistant are portrayed as at least somewhat consensual, 365 Dni presents the world of human trafficking in a much more unapologetic,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
What happens when U.S. Netflix subscribers go crazy for an erotic romance that’s more or less the equivalent of softcore porn? Apparently they go looking for more. Gaspar Noé’s 2015 romance “Love” is soaring in popularity on the streaming platform in the wake of “365 Days” dominating the Netflix charts throughout June. As of June 24, “Love” ranks as the fifth most watched movie on Netflix and the seventh most watched program overall. “365 Days” remains the second most watched film on the platform, an impressive feat for a film that debuted June 7. Both films jumped onto the Netflix charts after Tik Tok users began sharing their reactions to the films’ graphic sex scenes.
“Love” follows the doomed romance between an American film student living in Paris (Karl Glusman) and his French girlfriend (Aomi Muyock). Noé world premiered the film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it became the...
“Love” follows the doomed romance between an American film student living in Paris (Karl Glusman) and his French girlfriend (Aomi Muyock). Noé world premiered the film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it became the...
- 6/24/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
What happens when U.S. Netflix subscribers go crazy for an erotic romance that’s more or less the equivalent of softcore porn? Apparently they go looking for more. Gaspar Noé’s 2015 romance “Love” is soaring in popularity on the streaming platform in the wake of “365 Days” dominating the Netflix charts throughout June. As of June 24, “Love” ranks as the fifth most watched movie on Netflix and the seventh most watched program overall. “365 Days” remains the second most watched film on the platform, an impressive feat for a film that debuted June 7. Both films jumped onto the Netflix charts after Tik Tok users began sharing their reactions to the films’ graphic sex scenes.
“Love” follows the doomed romance between an American film student living in Paris (Karl Glusman) and his French girlfriend (Aomi Muyock). Noé world premiered the film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it became the...
“Love” follows the doomed romance between an American film student living in Paris (Karl Glusman) and his French girlfriend (Aomi Muyock). Noé world premiered the film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it became the...
- 6/24/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Thompson on Hollywood
One of the major appeals of signing up to any streaming service is that it essentially acts as a media buffet, offering plenty of options from almost every genre imaginable that appeal to the interests of any viewer depending on what they’re in the mood for, and a quick glance at the titles that have been dominating Netflix recently only reinforces that notion.
The Last Days of American Crime proved to be hugely popular despite being named as one of the worst movies of the year, while just a week later Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods arrived and almost instantly gained a reputation for being almost the exact opposite. In times of social unrest, we’ve seen The Help reach the top of the charts as well, much to people’s dismay, while the recent debut and subsequent popularity of Hannibal has now convinced fans that a full-blown...
The Last Days of American Crime proved to be hugely popular despite being named as one of the worst movies of the year, while just a week later Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods arrived and almost instantly gained a reputation for being almost the exact opposite. In times of social unrest, we’ve seen The Help reach the top of the charts as well, much to people’s dismay, while the recent debut and subsequent popularity of Hannibal has now convinced fans that a full-blown...
- 6/18/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Fans of the literature of E.L James may find their inner Goddesses doing the Mazurka for Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes’ “365 Days,” a thoroughly terrible, politically objectionable, occasionally hilarious Polish humpathon currently gasping and writhing its way up the Netflix charts. Those less enamored of the arid sexcapades of Ana and Christian will find less to enjoy, and more to be grossed out by in this highly questionable take on “Beauty and the Beast,” which manages to be even more regressive than the fairytale: Imagine Beauty being Ok with captivity and with the Beast killing villagers as long as he gave her a bunch of orgasms on a yacht. That said, there are enjoyable moments, albeit inadvertent ones: Couples for whom helpless laughter is an integral part of foreplay, for example, might want to try husking out quotes like “I’m gonna f— you so hard they’ll hear you scream in Warsaw.
- 6/10/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s most-watched movie chart has seen its fair share of eye-rolling No. 1 titles in recent weeks, from the gross-out David Spade comedy “The Wrong Missy” to the awful thriller “The Last Days of American Crime” (which sports a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 21 reviews), but no chart topper has been as gratuitous as “365 Days.” The erotic Polish romance drama from directors Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes has become Netflix’s most-streamed movie just two days after its June 7 streaming debut. Why the seemingly out-of-nowhere skyrocket to No. 1? It helps when your movie is nicknamed the “Polish 50 Shades of Grey.”
“365 Days” is based on an erotic novel by author Blanka Lipinska and was a box office hit in Poland after opening in February and grossing nearly $9 million in its home country. Michele Morrone stars as Massimo, a member of a Sicilian mafia family who fails to protect...
“365 Days” is based on an erotic novel by author Blanka Lipinska and was a box office hit in Poland after opening in February and grossing nearly $9 million in its home country. Michele Morrone stars as Massimo, a member of a Sicilian mafia family who fails to protect...
- 6/9/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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