cuties (french: mignonnes) is a 2020 french coming-of-age comedy-drama movie. it was written and directed by maïmouna doucouré. the movie stars fathia youssouf, médina el aidi-azouni, esther gohourou, ilanah cami-goursolas and maïmouna gueye. the movie is about a french-senegalese muslim girl who becomes interested in internet culture, even though a lot of it is against her religion. the film was first shown at the 2020 sundance film festival on 23 january 2020. it was released in france on 19 august 2020, and to the rest of the world on 9 september 2020 on netflix.