Eastern society in general is based on the family and its extensions in the family, which is what makes the individual feel strong and human and remains a permanent support for him.
As for Western societies, they are dominated by individualism, with weak kinship relations and almost non-existent social life.
European social history - in the north of the continent in particular - contains accounts of people who learned in their childhood that the two choices available to the individual;
They are to become a prey or a beast, which is what resulted from the fluctuations in the atmosphere and the difficulty of living among the forests and snow and the danger of predators scattered in the forests, in addition to the danger of man himself to others when food is scarce.
The series “Woman of the Dead” monitors one of these societies, whose members only have feelings of alienation, misery of loneliness, and the loneliness of the place, and reveals how the past of the individual, who seems angelic, disappears, and then events reveal that he is a monster, However, the distinguished series, dramatic and visual, presents its saying that is suitable for all societies, stressing that revenge is a weapon directed by the oppressed to his heart.
The story of “A Woman from the World of Death”, which is currently being shown on Netflix, revolves around “Broomhilda Bloom”, who owns a funeral home, in which she cleans and decorates the dead and keeps them in the coffin prepared for their burial, and who lives a quiet life as a mother of two children, and the wife of a policeman, before her husband was killed. Before her eyes, the killer flees, so she decides to search for him.
Bloom quickly discovers that her small Austrian town is perched on a lake of secrets that hide the sinister faces of the angelic-looking humans.
She decides to take revenge, and the monster inside her awakens.
Jamal portends treachery
The events take place in a small town, surrounded by high mountains covered with snow, its parts are connected by a series of roads and bridges, but the general impression suggests emptiness and loneliness, as there are only the actors participating in the scene on the street.
No one passes through these roads and suspension bridges except for the cars of work heroes, which is quite normal in a town in northern Austria that may not exceed a few hundred inhabitants, and is preparing to turn it into a destination for a major tourist project that relies on ski enthusiasts from tourists.
A woman from the realm of the dead
The mountains, with their white color penetrated by black and gray in some areas as a result of the relatively high temperature, suggest a frightening beauty, as people contemplate all this height and breadth, and they imagine the dangers lurking behind the complete silence, and they feel small in front of the mountains.
The small town itself tells the story of humanity, and simulates the reality of the world, east and west, as a family company controls the valley, and aspires to implement the ambitious tourism project in the surrounding mountain peaks through suspended vehicles, but one poor person lives in his house in the middle of the project land and stubbornly refuses to leave it since 30 years.
The work makers did not ignore the value of the place, so the general shots were the most frequent, even in the scene of the dominant woman standing and the dean of the family that owns the valley on top of the mountain. The director used a “drone” camera (a camera mounted on a small plane) to depict a general scene, during which the woman appeared very small Amidst the white shades of the mountain and the sky, which was dominated by the color of the white clouds, which was reflected from the color of the mountains.
In a house on the road, the family consists of a police father, a mother who works as an undertaker, a grandfather who retired after a long time in the police, and two children, the eldest of whom is a girl who enters the world of adolescence with obvious foolishness.
Dialogue with the dead
The women of this small Austrian town seem dominant and serious compared to men, and despite the general corruption of all work personalities, men's corruption is personal related to women and bribery, while one of them owns the town, and the other decides to confront corruption by killing 5 criminals, so that her children can live in safety.
The German actress "Anna Maria Mohe" presented the character "Broomhilda Bloom" with a simple performance of a very complex role, and had it not been for the unconvincing confrontations in the course of the work, it would have been an ideal performance.
The scenes of "Mohi" in the anatomy hall of the funeral home were the most expressive and influential, especially the scenes of the dead's dialogue with her and their presentation of ideas about the crises she encountered on her journey of revenge.
Despite the many shocks that "Bloom" received - starting with the sudden death of her husband before her eyes, then discovering the presence of 5 sadistic killers in the town, one of whom is a clergyman and the second is her husband's closest friend - she was not surprised, and the character justifies the matter in the context of a work dialogue, noting that Working among the corpses closes the way for amazement.
The director begins to reveal the criminal history of women with accurate accounts, covering the six episodes of the work.
We notice the cruelty of her parents while teaching her to deal with the dead, sewing their mouths to prepare the bodies for death, imprisoning them in a coffin if she made a mistake, and ending with her killing them in cold blood.
The character's violence escalated as she moved from one crime to another until it reached its climax when she was stabbed deep in the upper half of her leg. Despite this, she was able to survive and continue the struggle, which is closer to the imagination, even if the list is fatal.
Despite his history described as a crime of theft, "Riza Shadeed", who is played by the actor Youssef Suwaid, is the only person who presented a role that carries a positive value in the work. He adhered to defending his friend's children, and worked with the woman in the funeral home despite her expulsion from him more than once. Riza gave a good performance, despite some of the mechanism that marred his movement, and his apparent lack of facial expression.
There are no innocents
Contrary to what the town appears to be, it is corrupt to the core (the chief of police, the chaplain of the church, the landlady of the valley, the hospital doctor), but the author of the work does not exonerate the dead officer, who begins the story by trying to rescue poor girls who have fallen into the hands of 5 sexual offenders and murderers, He knows in advance that his beautiful wife killed her parents, and he tolerates it.
As for his closest friend, Officer Massim, who seemed exemplary in his behavior compared to the corrupt chief of police, the events of the series revealed in its sixth and final episode that he is the leader of the gang, and even the most brutal among the members of a group that was formed many years ago and killed many girls who suddenly disappeared and no one was keen. Even the police did not move until the gang members themselves began to disappear or appear in the form of soulless corpses.
The series appears as if it were a successful work of art, made by a director and author who managed to construct the events accurately, whether in terms of visual beauty that seemed clear with each scene, or the construction of characters, or the wonderful performance of the characters, including those who appear less on the screen, but it refers its scenes to an area that exceeds Entertainment, and specifically to think seriously before starting to take revenge if he was wronged, as revenge reactions are nothing but killing the soul and heart before killing or harming the other.
The series presents the story of the woman who appeared in the first episode as a loving and affectionate wife, despite the strangeness of her profession and her work on the edge between death and life.