Underneath It All, Real Is Real

After several of my fellow mystery scholars started an email-based discussion about the new movie Mignonnes, aka “Cuties,” on Netflix, I became curious. Cuties is a 2020 French coming-of-age comedy-drama. The film was written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré and is her feature directorial debut. It’s received a lot of attention as its contents are…