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Black for Remembrance(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-08-09
59%
17 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
Germany,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies: 
Odessa Films
Koala Films
Les Productions JMH
Movie: Black for Remembrance
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jane Birkin
Caroline
Sabine Azéma
Lucy
Jean-François Stévenin
Commissaire Tom Jérôme
Benoît Régent
Dr. David Wahl
Matthias Habich
Chris Corday
Jenny Alpha
Fidélia
Samuel Dupuy
Greg Wahl
Michel Bertay
Jany Holt
Geneviève
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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.
Release Date
1995-08-09
Average
5.9
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
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Languages:
Français
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