Black for Remembrance

Black for Remembrance

1995 · 92 min · ★ 6.0 · Thriller, Mystery

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.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky · Written by André Ruellan

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Jane Birkin Caroline
Sabine Azéma Lucy
Jean-François Stévenin Commissaire Tom Jérôme
Benoît Régent Dr. David Wahl
Matthias Habich Chris Corday
Jenny Alpha Fidélia
Vanessa Larré Tina Morgane
Samuel Dupuy Greg Wahl
Michel Bertay
Jany Holt Geneviève
Alain Fourès Guillaume
Dominique Zardi un enquêteur

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