The Sadness
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| Traditional Chinese | 哭悲 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kū Bēi |
| Hokkien POJ | Khàu-pi |
| Directed by | Rob Jabbaz |
| Written by | Rob Jabbaz |
| Produced by | Jeffrey Huang David Barker Wei-Chun Lu |
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| Cinematography | Jie-Li Bai |
| Edited by | Rob Jabbaz |
| Music by | TZECHAR |
Production company | Machi Xcelsior Studios |
| Distributed by | Raven Banner Entertainment |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
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| Box office | $430.254 |
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 as a young couple attempting to reunite amidst a viral pandemic that turns people into homicidal maniacs, torturers and rapists. It is heavily inspired by Garth Ennis' comics Crossed.
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.