C2 The Returned

Question 1

What are common conventions of the zombie genre? (3)

Answer 1

Survival
One safe place to another
Blood

Question 2

What Emmy did The Returned win in 2013?

Answer 2

Best drama

Question 3

As well as the zombie genre, what could other genres could The Returned be? (5)

Answer 3

Drama, fantasy, horror, suspense, mystery

Question 4

Who described it as “a zombie series like no other”?

Answer 4

The guardian

Question 5

How is The Returned not like other zombie shows/movies?

Answer 5

The undead don’t want to kill people, no biting, turning, eating of people.

Question 6

Who created the show?

Answer 6

Fabrice Gobert

Question 7

When and where was The Returned released in France?

Answer 7

France - 26 November 2012 on Canal+

Question 8

When and where was The Returned released in the UK?

Answer 8

UK - 9 June 2013 on Channel 4

Question 9

How many episodes are in season 1?

Answer 9

8

Question 10

What is poetic realism?

Answer 10

A French cinematic tradition focusing on aesthetics and a lyrical style aimed at highlighting the poetry in reality.

Question 11

How are shots used in Poetic realism?

Answer 11

Shots were simply constructed with an other-worldly feel created by the lighting and camera techniques.

Question 12

True or false

Poetic realism has a fatalistic tone.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are the other convention of poetic realism? (2)

Answer 13

Characters are often looking for a last chance of happiness which they get but lose inevitably
Sense of impending doom

Question 14

How is a sense of impending doom presented in The Returned? (2)

Answer 14

The Horde and the dam

Question 15

How is a fatalistic tone presented in The Returned?

Answer 15

Victor’s visions of the future

Question 16

How can the return of loved ones be bitter-sweet?

Answer 16

They no longer fit in because others have moved on

Question 17

What is the ‘last chance of happiness’ in The Returned and why is it inevitably disappointing?

Answer 17

Characters coming back from the dead but are marginalised and displaced so they struggle to fit in?

Question 18

What are the 5 stages of a narrative according to Todorov?

Answer 18

Equilibrium 
Disruption 
Recognition 
Resolution 
Equilibrium

Question 19

What stage of Todorovs narrative theory do we reach by the end of episode 1?

Answer 19

Disruption

Question 20

What story arcs come to an end by the end of episode 1?

Answer 20

Monsieur Costa dies by jumping of the damn

Question 21

Does the series 1 Aline with Todorov’s theory?

Answer 21

No, there is no equilibrium at the end of the season

Question 22

How many narrative strands are there in series 1?

Answer 22

8

Question 23

How many narrative strands are there in the first episode?

Answer 23

4

Question 24

Why is The Returned not a linear narrative?

Answer 24

Flashbacks/flash forwards

Question 25

What is a flexi narrative?

Answer 25

A narrative with interweaving narratives

Question 26

Give one example from episode were a flexi narrative is present?

Answer 26

Victor standing in front of the bus Camille was in which went over the cliff edge

Question 27

What are the over reaching story arcs in The Returned? (3)

Answer 27

The dam and water
The dead coming back
Victor- origins?

Question 28

Which character Returned from the dead? (5)

Answer 28

Camille
Serge 
Victor
Simon
Lucy