The Color of Lies (1999)

  • NR
  • 03/12/1999 (ES)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 53m

Overview

In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where people all know each other and regularly meet at the Bar des Amis, René is increasingly unsettled by the other inhabitants' suspicions and by the inspector's investigation. Children stop coming to him for lessons. His wife, Viviane, a district nurse, protects him and supports him with her love. However, a self-centred media-star writer adds to René's confusion...

Claude Chabrol

Director, Writer

Odile Barski

Writer

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire's headshot

Sandrine Bonnaire

Vivianne Sterne
Jacques Gamblin's headshot

Jacques Gamblin

René Sterne
Antoine de Caunes's headshot

Antoine de Caunes

Germain-Roland Desmot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's headshot

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Frédérique Lesage
Bernard Verley's headshot

Bernard Verley

Inspecteur Loudun
Bulle Ogier's headshot

Bulle Ogier

Évelyne Bordier
Pierre Martot's headshot

Pierre Martot

Regis Marchal
Noël Simsolo's headshot

Noël Simsolo

Monsieur Bordier

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