”The dead don’t die” revolves around three glasögonbärande police officers and a strange scottish bårhusexpert fighting against the zombies that begins to terrorize a small idyllic town.

This is the ninth time that the eccentric american indieregissören compete for the prestigious palme d’or, at the latest, three years ago, with the ”Paterson” where Adam Driver was playing a vardagsfilosofisk bus driver in the lead role. The rest of this year’s line-up will be presented on 18 april.

”The dead don’t die” is produced in cooperation with the Swedish company Chimney and Film in the West. A part of the post production with all what it means of zombieeffekter has been made in the Haymaker in Gothenburg, sweden.

cast members are also Carol Cane, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Danny Glover, and Caleb Landry Jones.