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Caught in the Net (2020)

Caught in the Net poster
Original title
V síti
Directed by
Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák
Genre
documentary film
Country
Czech Republic
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
18+
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three adult actresses pose as young teenage girls in online chat rooms. The film documents how dozens of men contact them, send explicit images, and attempt to meet them in person.

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What happens

Caught in the Net (Czech: V síti) is a 2020 Czech documentary film by Vít Klusák about sexual predators on the internet. The film documents three actresses pretending to be adolescent girls on social media who are contacted by sexual predators that try to seduce them and start sending them photos of their genitalia. Sexual predators appearing in the film attracted focus of police after the release of the film and some were arrested and criminally charged. The film was crowdfunded through HitHit during which filmmakers raised 3 million Czech koruna. The film was named Best Documentary of 2020 at the 2021 Czech Lion Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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