As the children’s mother died in childbirth, Terrance is the only protection the girls have. Any “siblings”, as they are referred to almost derogatorily, are sent to an Allocation center where they are frozen for a much better future.Ī man named Terrance Settman (Willem Dafoe) decides to protect his septuplet grandchildren (played by newcomer Clara Read) from the authorities by raising them in secret and allowing one child each to enter the real world on their assigned day, which also happens to be their names: Monday goes out on Mondays, Tuesday on Tuesdays, etc. A One Child Only policy, enacted by the Child Allocation Bureau in Europe, has literally torn families apart in the name of conservation. Monday takes place in the not-too-distant future where overpopulation has destroyed the environment and caused food shortages. And don’t get me started on when one of the seven she is playing is pretending to play another one of the seven she is playing! It’s acting upon acting within acting-and it makes Monday a terrific if little-seen, success. Which is a shame because Monday is a fantastic, cult-in-the-making genre film that combines high concept science-fiction, subtle(ish) allegory, and intense drama, featuring current Netflix gun-for-hire Noomi Rapace (this is one of three Netflix Originals she has starred in at this point) playing not one or two roles, but seven.

Even if these other films made particularly negative waves, *cough cough* Bright, it still made waves nonetheless.

Seemingly lost in the myriad Netflix Original titles as you scroll through the menus looking for entertainment, What Happened To Monday is just as likely to be considered a Buried Treasure as more high-profile, heavier advertised original fare from the streaming behemoth has made bigger waves. Much like Who Framed Roger Rabbit before it, What Happened To Monday is not a question (hence the lack of the proper punctuation at the end) but more a statement of intent: this is what happened to Monday, so sit back and enjoy.

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