Monday 27 May 2013

Les Revenants (2012-)




Starring: Frédéric Pierrot, Samir Guesmi, Guillaume Gouix, Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, Ana Girardot.

Set in a mountain town, the first season of this french TV serial consists of eight episodes with a haunting soundtrack provided by the Scottish band, Mogwai.
A young girl who had died in a bus accident four years earlier, returns to her family due to unresolved issues between her and her sister. Meanwhile, several others presumed to be dead, return to their loved ones. For instance, a young man in his teens reconciles with the woman whom he was to marry, a cannibalistic serial killer goes back to his brother and a mysterious boy visits a childless woman who had once been the victim of the serial killer. Although the reappearance of the dead does not cause much chaos initially, the townspeople begin to panic when confronted with hordes of them one night. The living and dead begin to develop strange scars on their bodies, the water level of the dam lowers, carcasses of wild animals are found in the sea, power failures occur more frequently as compared to before and people who try to leave town are unable to do so.

Check it out here: lesrevenants.canalplus.fr