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The Returned (Les Revenants)
Also called: Les Revenants, They Came Back
The Returned are the dead of a small French mountain town who reappear apparently alive and normal. They include a girl killed in a bus crash, a murdered child and a serial killer. The series won an International Emmy and a Peabody Award and was remade in English.1
First appeared
2012
Released 2012Source work
Les Revenants (2012)
Fabrice Gobert (Canal+)Made in
France
What causes it
Never explained
No reason for their return is given.Intelligence
Clever
When did it first appear?
Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2012Released 2012
field notes
What the sources say
1
They come back apparently alive, normal and unaged, some unaware that they died1
2
Later their skin begins to decay1
3
Their return is accompanied by power cuts and a falling reservoir1
4
Based on the 2004 film They Came Back by Robin Campillo1
5
Scored by the band Mogwai1
6
Won the International Emmy for best drama series in 20131
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