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Good news - The Returned is back, with its beautiful people, Gallic drama and Mogwai chords. Bad news - the first series aired in 2013 and, two years on, all we can remember is "the Lake Pub".
Great news - Digital Spy has prepared a handy guide, for anyone looking to refresh their memories ahead of tonight's (superb) series two premiere:
The basics
The dead have begun returning to life in a small French mountain town. But these are no flesh-chomping zombies - beyond a ferocious appetite, the 'Returned' appear perfectly healthy and normal.
The town, though, is plagued by other strange phenomena - power outages, the reservoir's water level dropping dramatically and strange marks appearing on the bodies of both the living and dead.
What happened in series one's finale?
Remember Toni (Grégory Gadebois), manager of the Lake Pub?...
Good news - The Returned is back, with its beautiful people, Gallic drama and Mogwai chords. Bad news - the first series aired in 2013 and, two years on, all we can remember is "the Lake Pub".
Great news - Digital Spy has prepared a handy guide, for anyone looking to refresh their memories ahead of tonight's (superb) series two premiere:
The basics
The dead have begun returning to life in a small French mountain town. But these are no flesh-chomping zombies - beyond a ferocious appetite, the 'Returned' appear perfectly healthy and normal.
The town, though, is plagued by other strange phenomena - power outages, the reservoir's water level dropping dramatically and strange marks appearing on the bodies of both the living and dead.
What happened in series one's finale?
Remember Toni (Grégory Gadebois), manager of the Lake Pub?...
- 10/16/2015
- Digital Spy
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The Returned series 2 arrives on More4 in the UK tonight, Friday the 16th of October. We spoke to its creators and cast…
Fabrice Gobert, the French creator of supernatural drama The Returned, speaks good English. An inevitability of using a second language though, is the odd grammatical slip. One such slip made by Gobert at the press launch for The Returned series two is too perfect to let pass by. A pitfall of writing fantasy TV, Gobert said, is that “you can lost yourself”.
Add a capital letter to the ‘l’ word, and you can say that again.
During its enviably long run, Lost became both the high and low benchmark for atmospheric, existentially fraught TV dramas. Its early seasons gripped viewers, but its later runs frustrated many by failing to achieve the perfect ratio of mysteries to answers. That’s the tricky challenge The Returned is facing in series two.
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The Returned series 2 arrives on More4 in the UK tonight, Friday the 16th of October. We spoke to its creators and cast…
Fabrice Gobert, the French creator of supernatural drama The Returned, speaks good English. An inevitability of using a second language though, is the odd grammatical slip. One such slip made by Gobert at the press launch for The Returned series two is too perfect to let pass by. A pitfall of writing fantasy TV, Gobert said, is that “you can lost yourself”.
Add a capital letter to the ‘l’ word, and you can say that again.
During its enviably long run, Lost became both the high and low benchmark for atmospheric, existentially fraught TV dramas. Its early seasons gripped viewers, but its later runs frustrated many by failing to achieve the perfect ratio of mysteries to answers. That’s the tricky challenge The Returned is facing in series two.
- 10/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
While the dead returning to life has traditionally been the foray of the horror genre, a number of movies and tv shows over the years have used the premise to tell different kinds of stories. Among the latter group is the French television series The Returned. Also known as Les Revenants, the show made its debut in 2012, growing its fans in ensuing years, with many eagerly anticipating the second season.
Following the airing of the second season premiere and second episode at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a premiere date has now been announced. The second season will once again air on SundanceTV, beginning on October 31st at 10 pm Et. The second season synopsis is as follows.
The second season picks up six months after the deceased disappeared into the mountains with Simon (Pierre Perrier), Camille (Yara Pilartz), her mother, Claire (Anne Consigny), Julie (Céline Sallette) and the mysterious youngster Victor (Swann Nambotin). Since then,...
Following the airing of the second season premiere and second episode at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a premiere date has now been announced. The second season will once again air on SundanceTV, beginning on October 31st at 10 pm Et. The second season synopsis is as follows.
The second season picks up six months after the deceased disappeared into the mountains with Simon (Pierre Perrier), Camille (Yara Pilartz), her mother, Claire (Anne Consigny), Julie (Céline Sallette) and the mysterious youngster Victor (Swann Nambotin). Since then,...
- 10/2/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
"The dead are back." That's the chilling message at the heart of this trailer for The Returned's second series.
The Lake Pub is back open for business on Friday, October 16 at 9pm.
The series will also be moving from Channel 4 to More4.
The Returned centres on a small French town where many of the deceased rise from the dead, seemingly fine and normal.
Series two picks up six months later, with Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) are still searching for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz), while a mysterious man named Berg (Laurent Lucas) pays a visit to the town, appearing to know more than he actually claims.
The second run is getting a Halloween premiere in the Us, launching October 31 on SundanceTV.
The Lake Pub is back open for business on Friday, October 16 at 9pm.
The series will also be moving from Channel 4 to More4.
The Returned centres on a small French town where many of the deceased rise from the dead, seemingly fine and normal.
Series two picks up six months later, with Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) are still searching for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz), while a mysterious man named Berg (Laurent Lucas) pays a visit to the town, appearing to know more than he actually claims.
The second run is getting a Halloween premiere in the Us, launching October 31 on SundanceTV.
- 9/30/2015
- Digital Spy
The Returned will finally be back on our screens this autumn - but the spooky French thriller is shifting channels.
The unorthodox zombie series is moving from Channel 4 to More4 for its second series.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Channel 4 is yet to confirm when new episodes will air on...
The unorthodox zombie series is moving from Channel 4 to More4 for its second series.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Channel 4 is yet to confirm when new episodes will air on...
- 9/28/2015
- Digital Spy
The Returned is returning - as Channel 4 confirms the series will be back on UK screens soon.
The second series of the paranormal French thriller will air this autumn.
Its UK premiere will come shortly after new episodes air on Canal+ in France.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Us network A...
The second series of the paranormal French thriller will air this autumn.
Its UK premiere will come shortly after new episodes air on Canal+ in France.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Us network A...
- 8/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Toronto brass on Thursday paid homage to arguably the most dynamic and provocative content format in entertainment, announcing the festival’s inaugural slate of six TV projects from the likes of Baltasar Kormákur, Jason Reitman and Lucía Puenzo.
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto brass on Thursday paid homage to arguably the most dynamic and provocative content format in entertainment, announcing the festival’s inaugural slate of six TV projects from the likes of Baltasar Kormákur, Jason Reitman and Lucía Puenzo.
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Returned has begun filming its second series.
The supernatural thriller - known as Les Revenants in its native France - started shooting earlier this week and will continue until March 20, 2015.
All of the original cast will return for eight new episodes, with actor Laurent Lucas also joining for series two.
Set six months after the conclusion of the first run, the new episodes will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child, while Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
The show will return to Canal+ in late 2015. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will air series two in the UK,...
The supernatural thriller - known as Les Revenants in its native France - started shooting earlier this week and will continue until March 20, 2015.
All of the original cast will return for eight new episodes, with actor Laurent Lucas also joining for series two.
Set six months after the conclusion of the first run, the new episodes will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child, while Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
The show will return to Canal+ in late 2015. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will air series two in the UK,...
- 10/1/2014
- Digital Spy
The Returned (original French title: Les Revenants)
Written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmannuelle Carrère, Fabien Adda, Nathalie Saugeon
Directed by Fabrice Gobert (episodes 1-4) and Frédéric Mermoud (episodes 5-8)
Premiered on November 26th 2012 on Canal+
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same, but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century, where the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds, and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash; that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar,...
Written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmannuelle Carrère, Fabien Adda, Nathalie Saugeon
Directed by Fabrice Gobert (episodes 1-4) and Frédéric Mermoud (episodes 5-8)
Premiered on November 26th 2012 on Canal+
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same, but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century, where the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds, and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash; that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar,...
- 6/12/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Sundance Channel's French zombie drama, "The Returned," is the latest supernatural series to take the television landscape by storm. After premiering on Oct. 31 to positive reviews, the story continues in episode 2, "Simon."
Zap2it has an exclusive clip from the second episode, which can be watched above. In it, Simon (Pierre Perrier) goes to see his former fiancee Adele (Clotilde Hesme). Though she doesn't understand why he has returned, Adele welcomes him back with open arms.
While Simon and Adele try to pick up where they left off, Camille (Yara Pilartz) also tries to return to her family in "Simon." It turns out that reintegrating herself into her former life is something that is easier said than done. All of these personal events unfold against a backdrop of strange happenings that suggest something sinister might be afoot.
"The Returned" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Sundance Channel. What do...
Zap2it has an exclusive clip from the second episode, which can be watched above. In it, Simon (Pierre Perrier) goes to see his former fiancee Adele (Clotilde Hesme). Though she doesn't understand why he has returned, Adele welcomes him back with open arms.
While Simon and Adele try to pick up where they left off, Camille (Yara Pilartz) also tries to return to her family in "Simon." It turns out that reintegrating herself into her former life is something that is easier said than done. All of these personal events unfold against a backdrop of strange happenings that suggest something sinister might be afoot.
"The Returned" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Sundance Channel. What do...
- 11/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
French supernatural drama "The Returned" had its U.S. premiere on Sundance Channel last week to considerable critical acclaim (see Indiewire's review here). The series is set in a small French town in which the dead have inexplicably returned to life, in some cases years after the originally passed. The eight-part first season continues this Thursday, November 7th at 9pm with episode two, entitled "Simon," in which Camille (Yara Pilartz) finds that reintegrating herself back into her family may not be an easy feat and Simon (Pierre Perrier) tries to pick up where he left off with his former fiancée Adèle (Clotilde Hesme). As the returned struggle to piece together the years they lost, strange happenings seem to suggest their homecoming may be accompanied by something more sinister. We've got an exclusive clip from the upcoming episode below -- take a look at Adèle receiving some bad news on a big day.
- 11/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Chicago – They have already made a statement in 2013 by broadcasting Jane Campion’s brilliant “Top of the Lake” and the riveting “Rectify” but Sundance Channel goes for the hat trick, starting tonight, as they debut the French supernatural hit “The Returned,” a brilliant twist on the undead genre that places the emphasis on mood, dread, and emotion instead of the unexpected.
The subtitled program can get a bit melodramatic but it’s more often mesmerizing in its effort to capture a small town in which the past seems to have been erased. It’s like “Broadchurch” meets “The Walking Dead,” but even that doesn’t capture the unique tone and subtle accomplishments of this gem.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
“The Returned” opens with a bus crash. 38 students go over the edge of a mountain road. Four years later, one of them, a girl named Camille (Yara Pilartz), climbs out of the ravine...
The subtitled program can get a bit melodramatic but it’s more often mesmerizing in its effort to capture a small town in which the past seems to have been erased. It’s like “Broadchurch” meets “The Walking Dead,” but even that doesn’t capture the unique tone and subtle accomplishments of this gem.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
“The Returned” opens with a bus crash. 38 students go over the edge of a mountain road. Four years later, one of them, a girl named Camille (Yara Pilartz), climbs out of the ravine...
- 10/31/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Halloween is one of my least favorite times as a critic. I generally don’t care for horror films or TV series that scare for scariness’ sake; I’ve never really felt the desire to watch a bunch of teenagers get slaughtered for no reason in increasingly fucked up ways. Moreover, I’m laughably easy to frighten, and paranoid to boot, so a particular image or fear might give me the chills from here to eternity. True Confession: the sight of the Scream mask still gets my heart racing after all these years. That’s why I so greatly enjoyed the Sundance Channel’s The Returned; it feels like a work of horror made for people like me. Premiering on Halloween at 9 Pm and airing every Thursday night at the same time thereafter, the eight-episode import from France is more creepy than scary (think the resurrected undead, not blood and guts), and boasts considerable emotional complexity...
- 10/30/2013
- by Inkoo Kang
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
When is a zombie not a zombie? Do you have to be a full-fledged skull-munching, low-moaning, slow-walker to qualify? Or is being “undead” more of a philosophical problem, one that’s less about the flesh than it is about the braaain?
My coworkers and I have been debating this lately, because many of us are addicted to the French drama The Returned, one of the coolest, creepiest new shows on TV. (It premieres Halloween night on Sundance. Watch it now so you’re up to speed when Carlton Cuse of Lost adapts it for American television.) It’s nothing like The Walking Dead.
My coworkers and I have been debating this lately, because many of us are addicted to the French drama The Returned, one of the coolest, creepiest new shows on TV. (It premieres Halloween night on Sundance. Watch it now so you’re up to speed when Carlton Cuse of Lost adapts it for American television.) It’s nothing like The Walking Dead.
- 10/29/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW.com - PopWatch
"The Returned," a French drama premiering on October 31st at 9pm on Sundance Channel and airing on subsequent Thursdays, is about the dead coming back to life, but it's not a horror series, not really. It plays with horror tropes -- a figure glimpsed in a reflection and gone when a character turns around, lights flickering on and off -- but it skips the scares in favor of emotional turmoil. For instance, when Camille (Yara Pilartz), a 15-year-old girl who wakes up at the location of the bus accident in which she died four years earlier, comes home, her mother Claire (Anne Consigny) reacts with stunned, trembling acceptance. Since her daughter's death, Claire's turned to religion while her estranged husband Jérôme (Frédéric Pierrot) has sought solace in grief counseling, and Claire wonders, with some uncertainty, if Camille's resurrection may not be the result of her prayers. But Camille isn't the...
- 10/25/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Review Louisa Mellor 14 Jul 2013 - 22:00
The Returned is still intensely watchable stuff, but is its engrossing story actually leading anywhere? Here’s Louisa’s review…
This review contains spoilers.
1.6 Lucy
“If anything had a purpose, wouldn’t we know?” Jérôme asked Claire this week, and with just two episodes left in this eight-part first series, you might very well pose the same question. The Returned, beautiful and captivating as it is, has set so many tops spinning over the past six weeks that logically, it’s only been able to keep a select few in motion, while others wobble, slow, and eventually come to a stop.
Léna’s scar, for instance, the strength-sapping body horror of episodes four and five, was apparently cured by a dab of Serge’s nettle paste and we’ve barely heard a word about it since. Was it caused by proximity to Camille? If so,...
The Returned is still intensely watchable stuff, but is its engrossing story actually leading anywhere? Here’s Louisa’s review…
This review contains spoilers.
1.6 Lucy
“If anything had a purpose, wouldn’t we know?” Jérôme asked Claire this week, and with just two episodes left in this eight-part first series, you might very well pose the same question. The Returned, beautiful and captivating as it is, has set so many tops spinning over the past six weeks that logically, it’s only been able to keep a select few in motion, while others wobble, slow, and eventually come to a stop.
Léna’s scar, for instance, the strength-sapping body horror of episodes four and five, was apparently cured by a dab of Serge’s nettle paste and we’ve barely heard a word about it since. Was it caused by proximity to Camille? If so,...
- 7/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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