The Returned Context and Representation

Question 1

What genre from the 1920s is shown in the returned?

Answer 1

Poetic realism

Question 2

Where was the returned streamed on?

Answer 2

Canal +
Channel 4

Question 3

What does the return use allegorical commentary on ?

Answer 3

Immigration in Calais

Question 4

How is there a lack of complexity in the representation of women in the returned?

Answer 4

Older women presented as maternal (Claire, Julia)
Women have an emotional response to the returned

Question 5

How are men represented more complex in the returned?

Answer 5

Pierre and Jerome represent different forms of masculinity - Pierre becomes the leader and Jerome suppresses his emotions (bends over the kitchen bench to cry, hiding himself after holding it in)
Simone also shows rage

Question 6

How is the returned appealing to a global audience ?

Answer 6

Popular genres
Zombie/thriller/supernatural
The walking dead released in 2010

Question 7

Which theorist could be used to represent the difference between the returned and the living?

Answer 7

Paul Gilroy - represented as “other” as alive characters fear the returned
Lena screams at camille, Adele fearful of Simone etc

Question 8

What is French opinion towards refugees in Calais?

Answer 8

Refugees often face police brutality: police carry battons and slash open tents
Attacks from random civilians is not policed