The Returned (French: Les Revenants) is a French supernatural drama television series created by Fabrice Gobert, based on the 2004 French film They Came Back (Les Revenants), directed by Robin Campillo. The series debuted on 26 November 2012 on Canal+ and completed its first season, consisting of eight episodes, on 17 December. In 2013, the first season won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series.[1]
The second season, also comprising eight episodes, premiered on 28 September 2015 on Canal+.[2][3] It premiered in the UK on 16 October 2015 on More4,[4] and in the US on 31 October 2015 on SundanceTV.[5]
FRENCH SUPERNATURAL DRAMA TV SERIS
Alive vs dead- binary opposition
pleonastic- when one sound is exaggerated
Classic example of Genre Hybridity
DEBED NOVEMBER 2012 IN FRANCE
on Canal+ (French BBC)
Canal Produced 'I, Daniel Blake'
Broadcast in the UK on channel 4
Channel 4 acts as the distributor
International distributor in Universal
Based on the French film 'They came Back'
HORROR- people coming back from the dead
SUPERNATURAL- could be seen as ghosts rather than zombies
DRAMA- slow paced family drama, soap opera aspect
AVANT-GARDE- experimental in showing
ZOMBIE- not a typical way of portraying zombies
FRENCH- set in a typical French setting
Cult TV Show
questions are asked
there is a fan base
restricted narration- dialogue of one character
omniscient narrator- audience know everything, third person reading
STEVE NEALE- theories around genre
Camille's outfit is Atypical of a zombie genre, she is clean and tidy
Typical reaction from Adel to Simon to seeing her dead lover
The creepy, tension filled, keyboard heavy music is typical of a horror film
WHAT MAKES A ZOMBIE FILM- mise-en-scene
- wooden barricades
- old fashioned house
- slow movement of zombies
- hoarding
- moaning and groaning
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