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The Color of Lies 1999 Directed by Claude Chabrol Au cœur du mensonge

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...

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Companies France 3 Cinéma , MK2 Films
Release Date 13 January 1999
113 mins
Cast
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
Sylvie Flepp Madame Lemoine
Florent Gibassier Joël Sarne
Thomas Chabrol Le Médecin Légiste
Wendy Malpeli Eloïse Michel
Julia Cotteret Sophie Lesage
Cécile Eloir La Cantatrice
Michel Bodet Le Journaliste de France 3
Michel Dupuy Le Patron du Bar
Dominique Zardi Monsieur Shouten
Philippe Dana Le Directeur du Théâtre
Yvon Crenn Le Maire de St. Malo
Jeanne Clinchamp La Visiteuse du Musée
Anne Sarrans La Fille du Musée
Marie-Hélène Janin La Mère de Nathalie
Solène Cabec Nathalie
Sandrine Benoist La Fille au Cimetière
Vincent Spatari La Père à l'École
Olivier Barrot L'Interviewer
Claude Chabrol Emmanuel Solar (voice) (uncredited)
Eric Savin Christian (uncredited)