Black for Remembrance (1995)

  • NR
  • 08/09/1995 (FR)
  • Thriller, Mystery
  • 1h 32m

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.

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Director, Screenplay

André Ruellan

Screenplay

Carlene Thompson

Novel

Cast

Jane Birkin's headshot

Jane Birkin

Caroline
Sabine Azéma's headshot

Sabine Azéma

Lucy
Jean-François Stévenin's headshot

Jean-François Stévenin

Commissaire Tom Jérôme
Benoît Régent's headshot

Benoît Régent

Dr. David Wahl
Matthias Habich's headshot

Matthias Habich

Chris Corday
Jenny Alpha's headshot

Jenny Alpha

Fidélia
Vanessa Larré's headshot

Vanessa Larré

Tina Morgane
Samuel Dupuy's headshot

Samuel Dupuy

Greg Wahl

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