
Ifayela No. 388 kwangu-446
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
Kuvele kuqala
2019
Released 2019Umsebenzi womthombo
Zombi Child (2019)
Bertrand BonelloYenziwe ku-
I-France
Okuyibangela
Ubuthakathi
A man in Haiti in 1962 is killed by Vodou at his family's instigation and brought back.Indlela oba ngayo yinye
He is buried and then returns as an undead slave.
Yaqala nini ukuvela?
Released 2019
amanothi ensimini
Okushiwo yimithombo
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
Imithombo
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