Les Revenantes (They Came Back) is an artsy French film in which they, the recently deceased, come back. Recently in this film spans ten years and 75% of the dead are over 60. Why? How? They are dressed in pastel tourist clothes and "are in perfect health." Then... nothing happens. At all. No. Nothing. The movie slides from mundane frame to mundane frame with a severe lack of dialogue and soundtrack. The non-dead wander around and stare off into space and have a slightly lower body temperature than not-non-dead people. They go home to their families and wander around and stare some more. The dead somehow organize some bombs to go off, not killing anyone, then retreat to the sewers to become mole people or Morlocks or something. Some are gassed into comas on the way. Then the gassed ones disappear the next day. Then a woman wipes steam off her mirror.
Have questions about the plot? Well the screen writer sure as hell isn't going to answer them. I wanted to bash my head against something but opted to sing the subtitles instead.
An interesting concept is ruined by an insanely slow pace and a minimal plot. Five out of ten because the film looked good and the acting seemed fine.
Have questions about the plot? Well the screen writer sure as hell isn't going to answer them. I wanted to bash my head against something but opted to sing the subtitles instead.
An interesting concept is ruined by an insanely slow pace and a minimal plot. Five out of ten because the film looked good and the acting seemed fine.