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The zombi of Zombi Child
Zombi Child is a French film that returns the zombie to its Haitian form: a man made to die by Vodou and brought back as a slave. It sets that story beside a present-day one about a Haitian girl living in France. It premiered at Cannes and was well reviewed.1
Yagaragaye bwa mbere
2019
Released 2019Igihangano cy'umwimerere
Zombi Child (2019)
Bertrand BonelloByakorewe muri
Ubufaransa
Icyayiteye
Ubupfumu
A man in Haiti in 1962 is killed by Vodou at his family's instigation and brought back.Uko umuntu ahinduka zombi
He is buried and then returns as an undead slave.
Yagaragaye bwa mbere ryari?
Released 2019
inyandiko zo ku kibuga
Ibyo amasoko avuga
1
Based on the account of Clairvius Narcisse, a Haitian man said to have been made a zombi1
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The film cuts between Haiti in 1962 and present-day France1
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In the modern story a mambo's ritual goes wrong and a French girl is possessed by Baron Samedi1
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Premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 20191
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