Black for Remembrance (1995)

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Black for Remembrance on IMDb 6.4/10 114 votes

Released:
1995-08-09

Overview:
This French thriller begins with a flashback to a small village dance where a six-year-old girl is kidnapped and killed. Seventeen years later the murder remains unsolved. The girl's parents Caroline and Chris have gone on with separate lives Caroline remarried and had another daughter while Chris became an alcoholic. The two are thrown back together when each begin receiving strange messages that imply their daughter has returned from the dead for vengeance. They contact a police detective (the lover of Caroline's best friend) who finds the case intriguing and decides to reopen it. Unfortunately, as soon as he begins questioning the old suspects, people begin to die.

Director:
Jean-Pierre Mocky

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:
Thriller, Mystery

  • Cast:
  • Jane Birkin
    as
    Caroline
  • Sabine Azéma
    as
    Lucy
  • Jean-François Stévenin
    as
    Commissaire Tom Jérôme
  • Benoît Régent
    as
    Dr. David Wahl
  • Matthias Habich
    as
    Chris Corday