About the film
The Sadness (Chinese: 哭悲; pinyin: Kū Bēi; lit. 'Cry Sad') is a 2021 Taiwanese body horror film written, directed, and edited by Canadian filmmaker Rob Jabbaz in his feature directorial debut. It stars Berant Zhu and Regina Lei (in her feature film debut role) as a young couple attempting to reunite amidst a viral pandemic that turns people into homicidal maniacs, torturers and rapists. Produced by Machi Xcelsior Studios and David Barker, the film received a theatrical release in Taiwan on 22 January 2021, and premiered internationally at the 74th Locarno International Film Festival on 12 August 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.
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How to watch it together from different places
Each of you opens The Sadness on your own account. Herae keeps the two players in sync, so a pause or a skip happens for both of you, and puts a video call in the corner of the film so you can see each other react.
How watching together long-distance works
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