![]() ![]() A central plotline concerns a woman and her returned husband, and given that the mystery surrounding the circumstances of his return is never fully pierced, Les Revenants became an important model for The Third Hotel. ![]() ![]() The presence of the undead pushes the living into pretty strange terrain as well, as Les Revenants moves deeper into its meditation on the ways grief can warp and disorient the living. The dead exhibit a mysterious array of medical symptoms and before long it becomes evident that they are responding to forces that exist beyond the grasp of the waking world. The first time I saw Les Revenants I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the returned to start feasting on their beloveds, but the obvious frights never come instead a more nuanced and far more unsettling transformation occurs. Because the returned don’t seem to pose a threat, they are reintroduced into society. In a French town, the dead come back to life without any explanation. Les Revenants is an unconventional zombie movie-and a favorite of mine. The Third Hotel is out now from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ![]()
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