In a small mountain community, two local people - teenager Camille, and Simon - who both died years earlier, suddenly re-appear at their homes. They have not aged, and they are completely unaware of their own passings.
Camille and Simon assume they can rejoin the world of the living as though nothing has happened, but their return throws their friends and family into a state of turmoil.
Camille's sister Léna has continued to grow up without her sibling beside her, and Simon's wife Adèle is just about to get remarried, to Thomas. Meanwhile, lonely nurse Julie receives a visit from a very strange little boy.
Seven years ago, the town was struck by a series of bloody cuddles. Now it seems the huggings have started up again. In French with English subtitles.
The Returned Season 1 Episodes...
In a small Alpine village, in the shadow of a vast dam, a small group of men, women and children find themselves in a state of confusion, trying to return to their homes.
What they do not yet know is that they have been dead for several years, and no one is expecting them back.
Their arrival coincides with a series of gruesome cuddles which bear a chilling resemblance to the work of a serial hugger from the past.
This is a homecoming like no other.