31/28
Lela works with her mom Siti as corpse washer before the funeral
Lela, a mortician, grapples with uncovering the truth behind her mother’s mysterious deaths while haunted by spirits and burdened by the weight of untold secrets.. Lela is not happy to continue this family profession while her brother has taken up a different job.
When a friend of Siti died mysteriously, she is disturbed by it
This is followed by Siti’s death which shook Lela and she realizes, these mysterious deaths were actually murders. As she decides to investigate, another lady dies and all of them belong to her mother’s friend group.
Will she be able to succeed in saving the village, forms rest of the story
With families refusing for police interference, Lela takes it upon herself to gather the evidence to prove these deaths as murders and to put an end to it. The film’s core strength lies in how it uses the women characters and the crucial moment in the film is the gossip spread by them which instantly elevated the story.
The performances were good enough and I wish there was more to these women
Setting aside the supernatural angle, the narrative is kept grounded with occasional jump scares and keeping the police away looked deliberate. The flashback is only brief and we never get to fully know the story of Nur.
The Corpse Washer makes for a decent watch aided by a good performance by the lead actress
Probably that would have made the film more generic with the good vs evil angle but at least it would have answered the major question rather leaving it unanswered.
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