The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies

1999 · 113 min · ★ 5.9 · Crime, Drama

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...

Directed by Claude Chabrol · Written by Odile Barski

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Sandrine Bonnaire Vivianne Sterne
Jacques Gamblin René Sterne
Antoine de Caunes Germain-Roland Desmot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Frédérique Lesage
Bernard Verley Inspecteur Loudun
Bulle Ogier Évelyne Bordier
Pierre Martot Regis Marchal
Noël Simsolo Monsieur Bordier
Rodolphe Pauly Victor
Adrienne Pauly Anna
Véronique Volta Betty
Sylvie Flepp Madame Lemoine

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