Black for Remembrance
1995, French. Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Jean-Pierre MockyDirector
- Jane BirkinCaroline
- Sabine AzémaLucy
- Jean-François StéveninCommissaire Tom Jérôme
- Benoît RégentDr. David Wahl
- Matthias HabichChris Corday
- Jenny AlphaFidélia
- Vanessa LarréTina Morgane
- Samuel DupuyGreg Wahl
- Michel BertayCast
- Jany HoltGeneviève
- Alain FourèsGuillaume
- Dominique Zardiun enquêteur
Details
- Released
- 9 August 1995
- Original title
- Noir comme le souvenir
- Country
- France, Germany, Switzerland
- Written by
- André Ruellan, Jean-Pierre Mocky
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Black for Remembrance runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Which OTT platform is Black for Remembrance on?
Black for Remembrance isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 August 1995. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Black for Remembrance?
Black for Remembrance (1995) was directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and stars Jane Birkin, Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Stévenin.