Black for Remembrance

Noir comme le souvenir

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

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Screenplay

André Ruellan

Music

Gabriel Yared

Status

Released

Release date

09/08/1995

Original language

French