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Black for Remembrance

Noir comme le souvenir

1995 · 1h 32m · Mystery, Thriller · France, Germany

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
Jean-Pierre Mocky, André Ruellan
Based on the novel by
Carlene Thompson
Starring
Jane Birkin, Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Stévenin, Benoît Régent
6.0Smart score

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