Miss Zombie
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Sara lebt in Japan. Doch sie lebt nicht wirklich. Als Untote muss sie bei einer wohlhabenden Familie niedere Arbeiten verrichten. Sie ist Zombie der untersten Stufe – ungefährlich sofern korrekt gefüttert – wird als seelenloses Objekt behandelt, erniedrigt und benutzt. Als der kleine Sohn der Familie bei einem Unfall stirbt, zeigt sich, welche Kreaturen in dieser Gemeinschaft wirklich Menschlichkeit und Empathie besitzen. (Silverline Movie Channel)
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People always lament the decline of Japanese cinema because, among other things, only adaptations and remakes are being made both in the mainstream and non-studio segments, and then come to the harsh realisation that this practice has its reason and logic. Miss Zombie is one of those rare projects made on the basis of an original screenplay, but it is an absolute disaster in terms of narrative, dramaturgy and stylisation. With respect to the subject matter and the initial idea, it at least had promising potential. It doesn’t use zombies as a cliché from a run-of-the-mill genre flick, but rather as a metaphor for bullying and the oppression of minorities and individuals who in some way stand out from the majority, and thus also for heartlessness and zero empathy. The titular protagonist is situated in the role of an absolute object that the others deal with based on their own arbitrariness. Unfortunately, the particular presentation of these motifs has the form of a tiresome and desperately didactic art-fart that tries hard to be intense, but instead remains only hysterical and unintentionally ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that Andrew Parkinson used the same concept in a zombie film years ago, but incomparably more impressively and effectively.
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