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- 2004
- Not Rated
- Haut et Court
- 1 h 42 m
- 2004
- Not Rated
- Haut et Court
- 1 h 42 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Robin Campillo
Written By: Brigitte Tijou, Robin Campillo
- 2004
- Not Rated
- Haut et Court
- 1 h 42 m
- 2004
- Not Rated
- Haut et Court
- 1 h 42 m
They Came Back
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Robin Campillo
Written By: Brigitte Tijou, Robin Campillo
Top Cast
An interesting if overly earnest look at what would happen if cemeteries just emptied out one fine morning.
There's no gore in Campillo's tale, just a group of emotionally remote but otherwise seemingly healthy undead who inexplicably wander back into the world a world unsure how to reassimilate them, be it in the workplace or more intimate fronts. The complications he imagines are achingly smart; witness the grieving parents feeling even further despair at the realization that their returned little boy isn't truly all there. The film does, ultimately, lack closure, but maybe that's part of the point. [26 June 2005]
It’s rather amazing how far the film is able to coast on its uniquely fascinating premise, even if it isn’t much of a stretch for its director: Campillo co-authored Laurent Cantet’s incredible Time Out, a different kind of zombie film about the deadening effects of too much work on the human psyche, and They Came Back is almost as impressive in its concern with the existential relationship between the physical and non-physical world.
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Production Company
Haut et Court,
France 3 Cinéma,
Gimages Développement,
Canal+,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Gimages 6,
La Région Île-de-France,
Région Centre
Release Date Aug 1, 2004
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Why have the dead suddenly returned?
Awards
Fantasporto
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Mar del Plata Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
