Set in an unspecified French village, the locals are shocked when a group of girls skinny dipping in the nearby lake (all very tastefully done I hasten to add) are killed by a group of zombiefied Nazi soldiers, that spring up out of the waters and drag them down to their demise.
A couple of detectives are brought in to try and solve the mysterious murders, only to end up as the zombies next victims. It turns out that during the war, the French resistance ambushed and killed a squad of German soldiers and dumped the bodies into the nearby lake, but failed to take notice of any of the local superstitions (never a wise move). Although, seeing as this film appears to be set in the early 80's, why it's taken so long for them to emerge and start killing people is a bit of a mystery, but there you go.
Not-with-standing, the villagers quickly organise a lynch mob to take down the zombie menace, only to end up being decimated by the undead soldiers, who's 'convincing' zombie make-up basically consists of green paint, which doesn't even cover the whole of the actors faces and keeps washing off in the lake.
There's also a bizarre sub plot about one of the zombies visiting his former daughter, who strangely still looks all of 12 despite the fact she should be in her 40's if she was born near the end of the war, but then since when did logic ever come into these films? Such as why do their uniforms still look almost new despite being underwater for 40 years, or how come the skinny dipping girls are only knee deep in the water when viewed from the lakeside, yet appear to be swimming in 12 feet of it from the underwater shots?
Bad acting, naff zombie make-up (the aforementioned green face paint), painfully obvious underwater shots filmed in a swimming pool, not to mention the plot inconsistencies bigger than the aforementioned lake itself. Low budget doesn't even begin to describe this film, which quite unbelievably was directed by respected Eurohorror director Jean Rollin, albeit under the pseudo name J A Laser.
That's not to say the film isn't without merit. I bust a gut laughing at the thoroughly ridiculous scenes of the zombies attacking the naked young girls, and the equally ridiculous slapstick battle with the angry villagers. Utterly hilarious, grab the six pack and the popcorn and have a blast!
山田洋次也想回到年轻时候啊。试问谁会不喜欢20岁的永野芽郁呢。
关于大船制片所，古书堂第一部也有提到过。
冷酷的电影，冷静的喜剧，激动人心的故事
完全代入里面女儿的视角，她是一个说出自己的不开心、愤怒以及委屈的女性形象（怡微），喜欢桂圆子载着树子去找乡时候的坚毅与眼里的泪光，还有淑子望着自己年轻时的照片，说“也不知道她现在过得好不好”，可惜山田洋次最终也没有给她们真正为自己代言的机会，就像乡以及很多个男性角色始终不敢去面对自己的生活一样，而导演总是通过一个突发事件来解决这些事情。#11th BIFF＃
很温暖的电影。突然有点惭愧，自己像个浪子，很轻易的离开一个地方，一直在路上。
如果真的有才华且热爱电影，我想不会那么轻易放弃电影的吧！另外剧本在伍迪艾伦的《开罗紫玫瑰》早就用过了，也没有那么惊艳了。还有这个世界上真的有如此卑微的爱吗？如果真的有，那我不会对这样的女人有任何同情的。真的有点失望……甚至这个老人除去年轻时当场记和初次做导演的紧张外，他对爱情的混账和家庭的满不负责以及友情的不屑都让我觉得电影之神不眷顾他是理所应当。
“虽然我赌博酗酒借高利贷但拿了编剧奖（感觉一半还是孙子功劳）我仍是个好男人”，这种情节下谈电影情怀真的没太被煽到，有用迷影梗做喜剧点，最后眼泪掉给了白框里面的志村桑，以后再也看不到他主持的志村动物园了QAQ
3.5 /忙到忘记mark了。因为入场前被二位友人预告了这次不是那么好，片前还有爷爷访问，说疫情拍得好艰难，于是观影过程里我反而产生了一种“还行嘛，也没很不好呀，爷爷没事的！不是还行的嘛！”这样的心情哈哈。 现代部分问题比较大，年代部分好很多，看苏打和永野芽郁两个人我就已经得到快乐了！永野芽郁太可爱了！！！然后就是我不太喜欢泽田研二的表演，很难共情。/ 爷爷长命百岁！
三星半。大荧幕还是容易感动，女儿读信的时候看哭了，但故事本身三星吧。现在反刍了一下，最近很需要这种情怀，人有时候要放下，有时候又需要一些傻乎乎的坚持。
谈起电影的时候，每个人的眼睛都清朗，明亮，有光。山田洋次执着影迷的手，一起写下这封给电影之神的情书。 “中秋节快乐，愿电影伴您入梦。”
密密麻麻的分镜剧本
不喜欢，没get到。78岁烂赌老人在家人帮助下才喜得最佳剧本新人奖，真正爱电影的人怎么会在年轻时经历一点挫败就被击倒了。
想起自己第一次喊开机（当然是“开始”）的时候了。
#2021BJIFF#北影节最后一场，写给电影人的情书～
沉迷于自我感动的导演让人只想把基顿的福尔摩斯二世再看一遍。景子演得不错，声音非常有韵味，永野太像小遥了，日本人喜欢的演员几乎都是一个模版。
愿能从现实走到荧幕里。。
我必须必须得说，这是我认知以来北川景子发挥最好的一次，山田洋次太有眼光了，北川景子居然如此地拥有昭和风味。这部电影算是给松竹的情书，也是山田洋次自己的人生总结。我非常怀疑这片子一直在致敬小津安二郎，无论是嫁女题材还是阴郁的家庭背景，再加上对着镜头讲话这一设定都是小津的特色，而且小津也是松竹的人，或者可以说里面隔壁组的小田暗示小津，而北川景子饰演的桂园子，很有可能就是原节子。遗憾的是，我看不见菅田将晖的角色对电影的爱，《花束般的恋爱》里的菅田将晖来演这个角色可能还更好。既然赌马和麻将并不是后天沾上的，那么男主最终为什么会堕落至此也没有交代清楚。最后的疫情毫无用处，债款也成功地被所有人遗忘。这片子更像是以爱电影的名义讲山田洋次最熟悉的家族故事。但是感人的地方的确很感人，做到让我落泪的程度了。
48/2022
5一句喜欢的台词：只能选一种方式后悔，人生就是这么回事。
导演写给家乡的一封情书吧…但是我个人不太能共情...
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