'Zola' is a Modern Black Fairytale
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.

Yuta (Abera Hidenobu), a monk with a passion for photography, captures in his viewfinder "that girl" (Ogura Yuna) who passes by his temple each day. One day as he is focused on taking photos, he has a reunion with childhood friend Yuka (Kano Yura). In the brief time they reminisce, she suddenly pressures him for a kiss. Moreover, he witnesses "that girl" meet a guy she got to know through a dating app.
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.
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