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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
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2019
Released 2019Liggéey bi mu jóge
Zombi Child (2019)
Bertrand BonelloDef nañu ko ci
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A man in Haiti in 1962 is killed by Vodou at his family's instigation and brought back.Naka ngay doone benn
He is buried and then returns as an undead slave.
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Released 2019
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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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