The Sadness 2021

Movie · 100 min · Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien · January 22, 2021

Directed by Rob JabbazWritten by Rob Jabbaz

Starring Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Emerson Tsai, Wei-Hua Lan, Ralf Chiu

The Sadness is a 2021 Taiwanese body horror film. Canadian filmmaker Rob Jabbaz wrote, directed, and edited this feature directorial debut. Berant Zhu and Regina Lei star as a young couple trying to reconnect during a viral pandemic turning people into homicidal maniacs. Produced by Machi Xcelsior Studios and David Barker, the film opened theatrically in Taiwan on 22 January 2021. It debuted internationally at the 74th Locarno International Film Festival on 12 August 2021. Critics responded mostly positively.