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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
First appeared
2019
Released 2019Source work
Zombi Child (2019)
Bertrand BonelloMade in
France
What causes it
Sorcery
A man in Haiti in 1962 is killed by Vodou at his family's instigation and brought back.How you become one
He is buried and then returns as an undead slave.
When did it first appear?
2019Released 2019
field notes
What the sources say
1
Based on the account of Clairvius Narcisse, a Haitian man said to have been made a zombi1
2
The film cuts between Haiti in 1962 and present-day France1
3
In the modern story a mambo's ritual goes wrong and a French girl is possessed by Baron Samedi1
4
Premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 20191
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