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The infected of The Sadness

Also called: 哭悲, Kū Bēi
FilmInfected, still aliveA virus2010 to today

The Sadness is a Taiwanese film set in Taipei during a viral pandemic that turns people into homicidal maniacs who can still think and speak. A young couple try to find each other through it. It premiered at Locarno and won prizes at genre festivals.1

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First appeared
2021
Released 2021
Source work
The Sadness (2021)
Rob Jabbaz
Age rating
18 (UK)
Made in
Taiwan
What causes it
A virus
The Alvin virus, which begins like influenza and takes over the limbic system.
How you become one
Contact with an infected person's fluids, such as spat mucus.
Intelligence
Clever

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2021

Released 2021

field notes

What the sources say

1

They stay conscious and keep their intelligence and speech1

2

The virus leaves them unable to resist violent and sadistic impulses1

3

The government in the film plays down the outbreak1

4

Compared with the comic Crossed, and read as an allusion to the COVID-19 pandemic1

5

Practical gore effects by the Taiwanese studio IF SFX Art Maker1

6

Won best film and best director at Fantastic Fest1

Sources

  1. The Sadness - Wikipedia

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