Without it films like les revenants would have gone lost in the crowd, but due to the renewed interest in french genre cinema it is starting its second youth. They came back or les revenants, a 2004 french zombie film. They came back, or les revenants is a decade old at this point but regardless of its age, those seeing it for the first time may have mixed. Forget the explanation and embrace the emotion of the. It proved quite a success for audience and critics alike in fact it was the. It shouldnt be confused with the upcoming american television series. French tv series les revenants gets an american remake. As a rule, i usually will not watch any american remake of a european film or television programme, because like 9 times out of 10, the american remakes just suck i just started my 2nd time through les revenants and im trying to figure out if i should watch the american version when im done or if its even worth the time what do you guys think. Les revenants if it walks like a zombie and moans like a. Robin campillo was born on august 16, 1962 in mohammedia, morocco. French director robin campillo was a 20yearold film school student when the first images of the us aids crisis started to appear in french newspapers in the early 1980s. They came back dvd robin campillo les revenants for sale.
Les revenants, a 2012 french supernatural drama television series the returned u. Robin campillo on frances oscar entry bpm and resolving. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Avec geraldine pailhas, jonathan zaccai, frederic pierrot, catherine samie, victor garrivier. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Les revenants, known in the uk as the returned, is a 2004 french horror drama film directed by robin campillo in his directorial debut. The french tv drama les revenants was a remake of campillos they came back. Created by fabrice gobert, les revenants the returned in english was inspired by the 2004 feature film by the same name directed by robin campillo.
With geraldine pailhas, jonathan zaccai, frederic pierrot, victor garrivier. He is a writer and editor, known for eastern boys 20, bpm beats per minute 2017 and the class 2008. In the interim, campillo has not been idle he has been busy working as a screenwriter and editor for laurent cantet on such films as entre les murs 2008 and foxfire 2012. Bthis is the feature directorial debut of robin campillo, laurent cantets cowriter and editor on the masterful time out, but where that film s rather common premise the paralysis wrought by the demands of the working world was used to. But what les revenants reminded me of was the feeling i had when i first watched camille in the fall of 20, when the returned looked like a more intimate rejoinder to other zombie apocalypse series, by way of the monkeys paw. In the good old red white and blue you ess of aay, les revenants was known as they came back and was marketed as a zombie movie. Les revenants they came back in 2004, sold in all major territories and later became the source material for canal plus emmywinning tv adaptation les. In 20, the first season won an international emmy for best drama. Les revenants, a soundtrack album for the series by scottish postrock band mogwai.
Frederic pierrot, jonathan zaccai, geraldine pailhas. Bpm director robin campillo talks inspiration behind. It was called les revenants and it featured a very unique take on the undead. Campillos directing credits also include cult fave les revenants aka they came back which became the source material for canal plus hit tv series, and eastern boys which won best film in. Robin campillos 2004 zombie movie the returned les revenants takes an alternative look at the undead, leaving the gore aside and exploring the emotional trauma caused by the dead coming back. Before les revenants, together with laurent cantet, campillo wrote the screenplay for the film lemploi du temps and he was editor of cantets ressources. Robin campillo director a community that grew up around the idea of surpassing your limits cannes 2017. The french new wave of horror films is both a blessing and a curse. European youth to come back to his place he gets a whole lot more than he bargained for in eastern boys, the second feature of robin campillo les revenants. T en years after his idiosyncratic debut feature les revenants 2004 robin campillo returns to the directors seat for a second film constructed as an immigrationthemed fable. The lives of the residents of a small french town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into. The returned, a 20 novel by american author jason mott.
Avoiding the genres usual gore obsession, they came back known as les revenants in its home country instead opts for a more nuanced and contemplative approach to the subject of the living dead. To know victor caused all this undercuts some of the things i loved about that first season which, full disclosure, i was much more enthusiastic. The returned is based on the feature film les revenants by robin campillo. On some level this is accurate, but ill be damned if this isnt the most unconventional zombie movie i. Les revenants ep, an ep of soundtrack songs from the series by mogwai. Tv series, a 2015 remake of the french tv series the returned, an episode of the u. Its set in an idyllic french town, where the lives of its residents are forced to change as the dead return apparently unharmed, and slowly get. Les revenants s01 ep01 camille part 01 hd stream watch les revenants s01 ep01 camille part 01 online watch les revenants s01 ep01 camille part 01 online stream. Les revenants, known in the uk as the returned, is a 2004 french horror drama film directed by robin campillo in his directorial. Channel 4 picture publicity campillo remained involved in act up. The movie starts with an incredibly striking visual.
It is a loose adaptation of the 2004 film of the same name by robin campillo, though the series expands its original idea and plans to create a longrun mystery on its basic premise. The french television series the returned les revenants is based on robin campillos 2004 film of the same name. Les revenants is a french supernatural drama television series created by fabrice gobert, based on the 2004 french film they came back in french titled les revenants directed by robin campillo. The lives of the residents of a small french town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them. Met geraldine pailhas, jonathan zaccai en frederic pierrot. Robin campillos 120 battements draws heat at cannes. Drama sciencefiction film geregisseerd door robin campillo. 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. Frederic pierrot, geraldine pailhas and jonathan zaccai. A little known gem of a drama came out of france in 2004 from director robin campillo.
Set in annecy, a french mountain town, the narrative follows. Robin campillo talks about the origins of bpm beats per minute, which was very wellreceived in competition at the 70th cannes film festival. The film was screened at the hamburg fantasy filmfest in germany, the venice film festival in italy, and the toronto international film festival in canada unlike the typical zombie film, in which the physically deformed undead. American version versus the original french version of. Les revenants, a 2012 french supernatural drama television series adapted from the film.
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