5.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Black for Remembrance (1995)
Black for Remembrance (1995)
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.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.9
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.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's specific plot and thematic content are not provided, making a definitive ideological assessment impossible. Based on the director's general style of broad societal critique and satire without explicit political advocacy, the film is assessed as neutral.
The movie features a traditional cast without explicit DEI-driven recasting. Its narrative focuses on a psychological drama without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film "Black for Remembrance" features Isabelle, a transsexual woman, whose identity drives the central plot. Her trans identity is depicted as a source of significant societal prejudice, family rejection, and entanglement with a criminal underworld, leading to a narrative primarily focused on conflict, danger, and negative outcomes.
No information regarding LGBTQ+ characters or themes in 'Black for Remembrance' was provided. Consequently, an evaluation of its portrayal is not possible, leading to an N/A categorization.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Black for Remembrance is an original film, not an adaptation or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there is no prior source material or historical record to establish a canonical gender for any character before their portrayal in the film.
There is no widely established prior canon or historical record for the characters in "Black for Remembrance" (1995) that would indicate a change in their race for this film. The characters appear to be original to this cinematic work.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.0
5.9
Critic Ratings
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