The Returned (2012)★ 7.9/10

TV-MA · FR · 55 min · November 26, 2012 · 2 seasons

Drama
Horror
Mystery

Directed by: Fabrice Gobert, Frédéric Goupil, Frédéric Mermoud

Written by: Fabien Adda, Fabrice Gobert, Coline Abert, Audrey Fouché, Robin Campillo

In a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened. Forcing the townsfolk to confront their difficult past as they seek to understand this phenomenon.

Original title

The Returned

Storyline

The Returned opens in a small mountain community which is rocked to its core when several local people who are presumed dead suddenly re-appear at their homes. Despite having passed away some years earlier, these ghostly characters appear in human form, they have not aged, and they are completely unaware of their own fatality. Determined to reclaim their lives and start over, they slowly come to realize that they are not the only ones to have been brought back from the dead. Their return augers torment for their community when a gruesome murder attempt bears a chilling resemblance to the work of a serial killer from the past. This is a homecoming like no other.

Rating

7.9 / 10 · 22,520

Companies

Haut et Court, Canal+, Jimmy, Ciné+, Backup Media, B MediaExport, Région Rhône-Alpes, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Zodiak Rights, StudioCanal, BeTV, AT-Production, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Film1 Action, Just Bridge Entertainment, Music Box Films, RTL Crime, SundanceTV, Universal Pictures, Viasat3, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Yleisradio (YLE)

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