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. The film was screened at the hamburg fantasy filmfest in germany, the. 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. The film directed by robin campillos relies on the primitive terrors of tragedy, pressed much harder in this curious return. With anne consigny, clotilde hesme, frederic pierrot, celine sallette. Haut et court closes france on alejandro amenabars while. Les revenants the eu has a funding programme, which called creative europe. The french institution will also throw its weight behind films coming courtesy of. With geraldine pailhas, jonathan zaccai, frederic pierrot, victor garrivier. In a mountain village, dead people suddenly appear on the doorstep of their. Merlin redeye distribution, merlin pias on behalf of rock action records.
To know victor caused all this undercuts some of the things i loved about that first season. General topics of discussion on the les revenants reddit pages were 1. Oct 29, 2015 even the french title les revenants is ambiguous. Les revenants soundtrack licensed to youtube by pias, merlin redeye distribution on behalf of rock action records. Distributie les revenants the returned 2012 film serial. Despite having passed away some years earlier, these ghostly characters appear in human form, they. Mogwai were initially contacted by producers of the television show, and asked to begin producing music after reading only a few translated scripts. Forget the explanation and embrace the emotion of the. In les revenants they came back, 2004 the threat posed by a vast river of bodies inexplicably risen from their recent deaths, is far more internal than losing jugulars and seeing outbreaks of mass contagion. Les revenants, known in the uk as the returned, is a 2004 french horror drama film directed by robin campillo in his directorial debut. If a zombie invasion was the catalyst for this gorgeous work, lets hope the apocalypse comes swiftly. The lives of the residents of a small french town are changed when thousands of. It was almost as if the director was tired of the project and just wanted it to be over. Find more music at the bbc this link will take you off amazon in a new window.
French tv series les revenants gets an american remake. This film was good up until the end, then became immensely confusing. Les revenants soundtrack, an album by mogwai on spotify. Six people return from the dead with no memory and attempt to unveil what brought them to the grave in the first place. Bpm director robin campillo talks inspiration behind aids drama. 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. So i just watched the season 2 finale someone tell me what. Les revenants, perdus quelque part entre le western spaghetti et. Les revenants is what zombie movies should be and most arent. Welcome to a platform where professionals can meet and exchange information and ideas. Les revenants is an original soundtrack album by mogwai, for the french tv series of the same name. 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. Before les revenants, together with laurent cantet, campillo wrote the. I absolutely love the french tv series the returned.
Les revenants in particular was awarded a grant for 450,000 euros for season 1 and 1 million euros for season 2. When les revenants would be available in specific countries ex. The returned or les revenants is a spooky, intense supernatural thriller about one small. The similarities between the abc show resurrection and les revenants basic plot lines, characters, love triangles and sex appeal 3. The cooperation was borne out of enthusiasm for the. Robin campillos 120 battements draws heat at cannes film. Robin campillos 120 battements draws heat at cannes. The returned is based on the feature film les revenants by robin campillo. Based on the french film they came back les revenants dir. To know victor caused all this undercuts some of the things i loved about that first season which, full disclosure, i was much more. The returned opens in a small mountain community which is rocked to its core when several local people who are presumed dead suddenly reappear at their homes. The way in which campillo uses the sudden worldwide invasion of millions of dead a very original metaphor for asylum seekers to look at the problems of our welfare state is very.
With daily news, interviews, data bases, indepth investigations into the audiovisual industry, cineuropa aims at promoting the european film industry throughout the world. So les revenants has, by virtue of finding perfect inspiration, become one of the more satisfyingly coherent and rangy of mogwais records. Les revenants saison 1 zone telechargement original. Cineuropa is the first european portal dedicated to cinema and audiovisual in 4 languages. Following their music for the 2006 film zidane, the glasgow band have really hit their soundtracking stride.
May 02, 2014 general topics of discussion on the les revenants reddit pages were 1. So i just watched the season 2 finale someone tell me. The french tv series based on this film is one of my favorite fictional works in any medium. Les revenants, perdus quelque part entre le western spaghetti et les nuggets psychedeliques, entre les. The families of the revenants found closure, and so did they. Rock action records rockact74lp 20 vinyl lp download code uk issue brand new, please note shrink has been gently split. In a small mountain town, many dead people reappear, apparently alive and normal.
Before les revenants, together with laurent cantet, campillo wrote the screenplay for the film lemploi du temps and he was editor of cantets ressources humaines. 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. Cannes the iledefrance film commission announced a new initiative to promote french television series in. 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. A key theme in this season, especially with the camille scene. The revenants jumped into the cave and became water. Serge didnt leave with them and left himself to rot, unlike them who passed on to a new realm, because he couldnt accept his actions and forgive the girls properly. Fund and co producers page 114, memento films production and fd. This allows for european tv shows to be able to get grants to support production and distribution and to allow them to be made. 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. The twoday program will seek to raise awareness of gallic series and coproductions. Hopefully this is resolved with some cleaning and playing i had to clean the stylus four times during side a. 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.
The feature spawned the cult french scifi series les revenants. When channel 4 announced its acquisition of les revenants in early 20, it made passing reference to the issue of subtitling, but was more keen on promoting the story. The deal has been brokered by vicente canales,founder of film factory ent. Uk on 16 october 2015 on more4 us on 31 october 2015 on sundancetv. A month prior to the shows premiere 9th june 20, channel 4 took a twopronged strategy to market the show that both highlighted and, strangely, negated the returneds frenchness. Amra, kobalt music publishing, latinautor, umpi, ascap, and 10 music rights.
Aug 18, 20 merlin redeye distribution, merlin pias on behalf of rock action records. Sarah arnold reports in may 20, the guardian announced channel 4s latest tv drama the returned with the headline channel 4 aims to make a killing with subtitled french drama, adding. Processes of production, distribution and circulation by organisations, groups and individuals. Les revenants iffr international film festival rotterdam.
Its based on a french supernatural series, les revenants, and there will be 10 episodes in season one. Laurent lucas, clotilde hesme, anne consigny, frederic pierrot, ernst umhauer, guillaume gouix, regizor. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. American version versus the original french version of.