This is the 30th film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.
"The Sadness" was presented as a zombie film. That's wrong. It's not about
zombies, but it's an easy mistake to make.
The film takes place in Taiwan. There's a pandemic caused by a disease called
the Alvin Virus. Those who are infected become violent and sexually
aggressive. The violence can involve biting, which is the similarity with
zombies, but it can also take the form of stabbing people with a knife or
chopping them up with an axe.
I've never seen a film with so much violence, blood and gore. You need a
strong stomach to watch it. It divided the audience. Some found it artistic in
its perversity, while others were disgusted. I needed time to acclimatise
myself to the violence. It's extreme. Watch it at your own peril.
Mittlerweile bereue ich es ja ein wenig, mir den Film nicht angesehen zu haben. Der scheint ja wirklich außergewöhnlich brutal zu sein, sowas interessiert mich eigentlich immer, vor allem auf der großen Leinwand. Naja, dann hole ich ihn bei Gelegenheit mal daheim nach...
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Alex
Sylvie (das Mädchen, das neben mir saß) war über den Film empört. Sie meinte, man müsste beim Abstimmen 0 Sterne geben können.
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