--- title: "365 Days" year: 2020 kind: "film" canonical: "https://film.one/film/365-days" fi1m_id: "365-days" imdb_id: "tt10886166" tmdb_id: 664413 wikidata_id: "Q85520182" fi1m_score: 24 critics_reviews: 2 published: "2026-09-23T11:37:45.407113+00:00" updated: "2026-09-23T11:37:45.769617+00:00" region: "HK" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # 365 Days (2020) Directed by Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes · 1h 54m · Romance, Drama, Crime ## Identity 365 Days - **Canonical:** https://film.one/film/365-days - **Type:** Film - **Fi1m ID:** 365-days - **IMDb ID:** tt10886166 - **TMDB ID:** 664413 - **Wikidata ID:** Q85520182 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10886166/, https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/664413, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85520182 **Fi1m score: 24** · Critics: 2 of 6 reviews so far *In a sentence:* All that effort to make a kidnapper attractive, and nobody thought to give him better dialogue > An erotic romance with attractive sex scenes, awkward performances and no convincing reason to believe in its central relationship. We cannot recommend a film that treats kidnapping as sufficient preparation for love. ## Synopsis Laura Biel (Anna-Maria Sieklucka) becomes the focus of Don Massimo Torricelli (Michele Morrone), whose pursuit of her involves kidnapping and captivity. He wants the woman he holds to fall in love with him; she faces an encounter whose terms he controls, including her freedom to leave. Mario (Bronisław Wrocławski), Domenico (Otar Saralidze) and Olga (Magdalena Lamparska) also figure in their story. Sexual attraction becomes entangled with her confinement as she has to contend with the demands of the man holding her. ## Review *365 Days* is a poor erotic romance because it cannot make the attraction convincing, even when it makes the sex look attractive. Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes direct a story built around kidnapping and captivity, then ask us to accept those circumstances as an invitation to fall in love. The screenplay by Tomasz Klimala, adapted from the novel by Blanka Lipińska, gives the relationship far less care than it needs. The film takes its central proposition seriously without giving us much reason to. Anna-Maria Sieklucka plays Laura Biel, with Michele Morrone as Don Massimo Torricelli, the man whose pursuit involves holding her captive. Erotic fantasy can accommodate disturbing desires; nobody needs these characters to be sensible or morally instructive. Such fantasies can be troubling, funny or revealing about the people who entertain them. Here, the promise of attraction is supposed to settle our objections to the kidnapping. We felt queasy at that invitation, because the film keeps asking us to find coercion romantic. The performances make the persuasion harder. Anna-Maria Sieklucka and Michele Morrone struggle with lines that need to carry both desire and the strain of this arrangement, and the delivery too often sounds merely awkward. We laughed at some of those readings, then found the film’s solemnity exhausting. Accidental comedy offers a little relief, but neither actor is given enough convincing behaviour to make the relationship matter between the sexual encounters. Bartek Cierlica’s cinematography provides the clearest virtue: the sexual encounters can be attractive to look at. There is enough visual appeal to explain why someone might stay with the film despite the dialogue. Agnieszka Bartold’s production design also serves the seduction, though the effort to make captivity inviting receives little scrutiny from the film itself. The care taken over appearances makes the thinness of the characters harder to overlook. Marcin Drewnowski’s editing does little to make the relationship develop convincingly over 114 minutes. A succession of sexual encounters still needs some change in what the participants understand about each other if it is to sustain a drama. The music credited to Mateusz Sarapata and Michał Sarapata encourages the romance without helping us believe in it. These attempts to supply feeling become tiring when the characters have given us so little reason to care. For an erotic drama, this is a basic failure. A look, a hesitation or a conversation can be worth watching for what it tells us about an attraction. This film offers little beyond the coercive situation and the promise of sex, then treats that combination as sufficient to keep us involved. Even viewers content to accept its fantasy are left with poor dialogue and a relationship that cannot support the running time. The hostile reviews are justified, although the photography deserves the small allowance made for it. That allowance does not extend to the writing, which rarely gives the actors something credible to say or a persuasive reason to say it. Accepting the premise still leaves a great deal of dull drama to sit through. For an evening of erotic romance, choose something that gives its actors more to do than try to make captivity look desirable. *Fi1m score 24, published 23 September 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is 365 Days worth watching?** *365 Days* is not worth watching for most viewers seeking erotic romance; we score it 24 out of 100. The sexual encounters are attractively photographed, but awkward performances and poor dialogue make the central relationship unconvincing, even for viewers willing to accept its fantasy of captivity becoming love. **How long is 365 Days, and what is it rated?** *365 Days* runs 1h 54m. It is a romance and drama film. **Where can I watch 365 Days in Hong Kong?** *365 Days* is streaming on Netflix in Hong Kong. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service. **How violent or frightening is 365 Days, and is it suitable for children?** *365 Days* has a UK 18 certificate and is unsuitable for children, with sexual encounters and a central relationship built around kidnapping and captivity. We find its treatment of coercion as romance queasy; adults troubled by confinement or a partner controlling another person's freedom have particular reason to avoid it. **How does 365 Days compare to The Handmaiden?** *365 Days* is a much weaker choice than [*The Handmaiden*](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden), which we recommend for erotic suspense with precise plotting and women whose desires matter. Where *365 Days* struggles to make its central attraction convincing, *The Handmaiden* gives its romance feeling, humour and room to survive the complications of its thriller plot. **Is 365 Days based on a true story or a book?** *365 Days* is adapted from a novel by Blanka Lipińska, rather than presented as a true story. No prior reading is needed to grasp its premise of a captive woman and the man who wants her love; our criticism concerns the film's unconvincing relationship, not its fidelity to the book. **What should I watch after 365 Days?** After *365 Days*, try [*The Handmaiden*](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden) (2016, Fi1m 85): Erotic suspense with precise plotting and women whose desires actually matter. Then [*Bound*](https://film.one/film/bound) (1996, Fi1m 80): Desire and criminal danger, with enough intelligence to make both compelling; and [*The Piano*](https://film.one/film/the-piano) (1993, Fi1m 88): A difficult attraction given emotional weight through performances, music and physical detail. ### Reviews we read (2) - **The Times**, Kevin Maher (★☆☆☆☆): The critic deems the film execrable Polish soft porn that inexplicably topped Netflix charts. He singles out the poor line readings, repugnant central conceit of coercive kidnapping leading to love, and an over-the-top sex sequence for particular scorn. [Read](https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/365-days-review-this-polish-soft-porn-flick-is-execrable-htjjv8kd9) - **Variety**, Jessica Kiang (10/100, inferred): The critic finds the film thoroughly terrible and politically objectionable, a ludicrous softcore fantasy that glorifies problematic themes like non-consensual captivity, but notes some enjoyable inadvertent comedic moments and attractive sex scenes. [Read](https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/365-days-review-365-dni-1234629333/) ## Details - **Director:** Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes - **Director:** Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes - **Screenplay:** Tomasz Klimala - **Novel:** Blanka Lipińska - **Cinematography:** Bartek Cierlica - **Editor:** Marcin Drewnowski - **Music:** Michał Sarapata, Mateusz Sarapata - **Production design:** Agnieszka Bartold - **Costume design:** Magdalena Sekrecka, Malgorzata Skorupa - **Producer:** Ewa Lewandowska, Tomasz Mandes, Maciej Kawulski - **Cast:** Anna-Maria Sieklucka as Laura Biel; Michele Morrone as Don Massimo Torricelli; Bronisław Wrocławski as Mario; Otar Saralidze as Domenico; Magdalena Lamparska as Olga; Natasza Urbańska as Anna; Grażyna Szapołowska as Mama Laury; Tomasz Stockinger as Ojciec Laury - **Runtime:** 1h 54m - **First release (Poland):** 6 February 2020 - **Genres:** Romance, Drama, Crime - **Budget:** $5 million - **Box office:** $9 million ## Where to watch in Hong Kong - Netflix: streaming *Checked 2026-09-23.* Also available in: AE, AR, AT, AU, AZ, BE, BG, BR, CA, CH, CL, CO, CZ, DE, DK, EC, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HK, HR, HU, ID, IE, IL, IN, IS, IT, JP, KR, LT, MX, MY, NL, NO, NZ, PA, PE, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SG, SI, SK, TH, TR, UA, US, VN, ZA. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Secretary* (2002): A stranger, funnier courtship that gives its awkward participants recognisable inner lives. - *The Handmaiden* (2016), Fi1m 85: Erotic suspense with precise plotting and women whose desires actually matter. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md) - *Bound* (1996), Fi1m 80: Desire and criminal danger, with enough intelligence to make both compelling. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/bound.md) - *Belle de jour* (1967): For a more unsettling look at the distance between fantasy and everyday life. - *The Piano* (1993), Fi1m 88: A difficult attraction given emotional weight through performances, music and physical detail. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/film/365-days