Small towns where the dead come back
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- StarsFernanda MontenegroNicette BrunoRegina DuarteIn 1963, workers in the fictitious city of Antares in the South of Brazil decide to strike, fighting for better salaries and working conditions. Meanwhile, seven locals die: conservative Catholic matriarch and very powerful lady, Quitéria Campolargo; corrupt lawyer Cícero Branco; Spanish anarchist shoemaker Barcelona; drunkard Pudim de Cachaça; prostitute Erotildes; student João da Paz; and pianist Menandro Olinda. Their bodies remaining unburied because of the general strike, they decide to claim to the local authorities the right of being buried. Major Vivaldino Brazão, Judge Quintiliano do Vale, "Colonel" Tibério Vacariano, and the local sheriff are unable to force the workers to return to their normal activities, so the dead citizens disclose dark secrets about the corruption of leaders and dwellers. Once they are corpses, they are not subject to the laws of the living and they can freely speak about the sordid hidden secrets.Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
based on the novel by Érico Veríssimo - DirectorRobin CampilloStarsGéraldine PailhasJonathan ZaccaïFrédéric PierrotThe 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.Centre-Val de Loire, France
- CreatorFabrice GobertStarsAnne ConsignyClotilde HesmeFrédéric PierrotIn a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened. Forcing the townsfolk to confront their difficult past as they seek to understand this phenomenon.Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
based on They Came Back (2004) - CreatorAaron ZelmanStarsOmar EppsFrances FisherMatt CravenThe lives of the people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return.Georgia/Missouri, USA
based on the novel The Returned by Jason Mott - CreatorCarlton CuseStarsKevin AlejandroAgnes BrucknerIndia EnnengaA small town's residents are stunned when recently deceased locals begin returning from the dead. What should be a miracle soon becomes a nightmare.British Columbia, Canada/Washington, USA
based on The Returned (2012) - CreatorTony AyresLouise FoxStarsPatrick BrammallEmma BoothSean KeenanSeven people return from the dead with no memory and attempt to unveil what brought them to the grave in the first place.Victoria, Australia
- StarsClarisa Cherie RiosMarsha HarmanMichael TurrentineLillian Harper moves in the town's boarding house which has been run by her family for generations. Conspiracies, ghosts, and a new family in the house's strange assortment of residents.Ohio, USA
- DirectorThea HvistendahlStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieBahar ParsOn a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?Stockholm, Sweden
based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist