The Returned (Les Revenants)

Previously…

You fell down the stairs at your home.

Don’t worry. The baby is fine.

I saw you. You fell on purpose.

We’ll perform an anticipated delivery.

– Hello. – Who’s that?

A new expert. He’s here for the flood.

Your predecessor couldn’t explain why it rose this fast.

Have we found all the victims?

We’re still looking for corpses, including the police officers.

– Why did you say he was dead? – Because he was.

Why you?

Audrey might come back too.

Audrey, come with me.

What a nightmare!

Or they’ll come for us.

– Who? – Them.

Don’t worry.

– What if you die someday? – I won’t.

Don’t worry.

35 YEARS AGO

You’re the last one.

Milan, Pierre is here.

Good evening, Pierre.

You’re the one we’ve chosen.

The point is to just scare them, isn’t it?

Don’t worry, Mr. Costa.

They know what they have to do.

I’m not sure I can.

Of course you can, Pierre.

Joseph?

Do what seems right.

– Hélène, another glass of wine? – Sure.

Antoine? Are you OK?

What do you want?

We want you to leave, and don’t come back.

What have we done to you?

You were already warned.

We want him to leave.

Mom?

You don’t remember what happened to you?

No.

I remember

I put the boys to bed.

That’s all.

Victor has a brother?

Victor?

Your son.

Louis.

He has a brother, yes.

Where do you think he is?

I don’t know.

And… my husband?

Is he dead too?

I don’t know.

I remember her.

Her husband was the boys’ teacher, Mr. Costa.

What happened to her?

She doesn’t remember either.

Are you…

No.

She’s not dead.

Why are you here, then?

Victor…

I mean, Louis was alone, and I…

But you’re here, now. He’s not alone anymore.

Thank you for taking care of him.

Serge…

They almost got to the town.

We need more people to get them back.

Some have escaped from us already.

You think more will come?

I guess.

Go see Adèle and keep me informed.

You shouldn’t have got out of bed.

Why isn’t there anyone?

We put you here so that you can rest.

There are not many people left at the hospital.

You’ll need time to recover from your full anesthesia.

You want to know how you child is doing?

He’s doing very well.

He’s under observation, normal procedure for premature babies.

– We’ll bring him to your room later. – Don’t.

I don’t want you to bring him.

All right… You need to rest.

We’ll give you something.

I don’t want to take anything.

I want to go home.

We need to keep you under observation.

– If you change your mind— – I won’t.

– So? – He was born last night.

Is he OK?

I think so. I couldn’t see him yet.

Your mother?

She’s fine.

Take care of your brother. I can’t do it.

It’s your job, you understand?

You must do it for me. OK?

Come here.

The water comes from ground water under the town.

But no one understands why it swelled this much and this fast.

The dam was checked dozen of times since the flood.

Your predecessors didn’t find anything.

No cracks on the inside or the outside.

Some geologists studied the subsoil.

No significant ground movement around the dam wall.

Nothing explains why the water didn’t drain off.

What’s happening?

A girl disappeared last night. They’re looking for her.

Will you need our services?

Not at the moment. Thank you.

As you wish.

Good morning. You can’t go in town.

We’re Audrey Sabatini’s parents.

Of course.

We’ll escort you.

– What’s up? – The report on the deer’s death.

– What does it say? – The bite marks on the deer

don’t match the teeth of an animal.

– What does that mean? – It was eaten by a human.

Thanks.

Did you talk to Toni?

No.

He said he doesn’t remember anything.

The doctors think he’s in a state of shock.

– Will he stay at the hospital? – He’ll be released, under supervision.

I’ll keep you posted.

What are they doing here?

Commander, they are Audrey Sabatini’s parents.

Have a seat.

Thank you for coming quickly. Are you aware of the situation?

A little.

A girl showed up at the entrance of the town last night.

She seemed lost, confused.

She said her name was Audrey Sabatini.

She also said her address was 18 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Street.

Is it your address?

That’s where we lived before the flood.

Where is she?

We took her to the other side of the valley, but she ran away.

We’re looking for her.

What did she look like?

Brown hair, dark eyes,

light skin, freckles, about 1.70 meters tall.

Do you know

someone who would match this description,

who could usurp your daughter’s identity?

Someone from school,

or family, someone who knew of her death?

I can’t think of anyone.

I can imagine how upsetting this must be for you.

We’re researching in the area where she disappeared.

Alone in the forest at her age,

she won’t go far. We’ll find her soon.

Audrey?

Don’t you want to go downstairs? My mom has prepared some food.

– So? – She won’t open the door.

She must be terrified.

Audrey is always terrified.

Here, bring her this.

She must be hungry.

Room service, really? She’s lucky.

Please be nice with your friend.

She never was my friend.

When will you tell her?

– Tell her what? – That she’s dead.

What’s happening is traumatizing enough for her.

I’ve been through that, I remind you.

Yes, but you had your dad and your mom.

She’s alone.

You think I’m happy to be locked up with you?

We’re together. Would you rather be alone?

I didn’t ask you to come with me. You should have stayed there.

I don’t regret anything.

I do.

– It’s a little dry, no butter. – Thanks.

– Don’t you want to eat? – No.

– Are you sure? Aren’t you hungry? – No, I’m not.

He’s a little confused.

He has changed.

He’s growing up. That’s good.

Don’t you want to join your mom?

That’s not very nice.

She scares me.

Come on. Go join her.

Did you know Victor’s mother?

Not very much. My husband knew her better.

– How was she? – What do you mean?

Was she doing fine with her kids?

Well, yeah.

As to what happens behind the blinds…

What about her husband?

– I don’t know. – You’re not helping.

I only say what I know.

It’s mostly the boy who had trouble.

He was a scapegoat.

I mean, look at him.

– You must be hurt. – Why?

You used to have him for yourself.

And now…