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Cast
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Vivianne Sterne
Jacques Gamblin
as René Sterne
Antoine de Caunes
as Germain-Roland Desmot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
as Frédérique Lesage
Bernard Verley
as Inspecteur Loudun
Bulle Ogier
as Évelyne Bordier
Pierre Martot
as Regis Marchal
Noël Simsolo
as Monsieur Bordier
Rodolphe Pauly
as Victor
Adrienne Pauly
as Anna
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1999
Runtime1h 53m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Drama
Votes66
DirectorClaude Chabrol
WritersClaude Chabrol, Odile Barski
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Color of Lies
About The Color of Lies
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, The Color of Lies leans on a strong ensemble — Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Antoine de Caunes — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1999.
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