The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies

113 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 13, 1999

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...

The Color of Lies

113 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 13, 1999

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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers France 3 Cinéma, MK2 Productions
Original title Au cœur du mensonge
Directors Cyrille Bray, Vincent Guillerminet, Aurore Chabrol, Cécile Maistre-Chabrol, Claude Chabrol
Writers Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol

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

Véronique Volta

as Betty

Sylvie Flepp

as Madame Lemoine

Florent Gibassier

as Joël Sarne

Thomas Chabrol

as Le Médecin Légiste

Wendy Malpeli

as Eloïse Michel

Anastasie Loncle

as Laetitia

Julia Cotteret

as Sophie Lesage

Cécile Eloir

as La Cantatrice

Michel Bodet

as Le Journaliste de France 3

Michel Dupuy

as Le Patron du Bar

Dominique Zardi

as Monsieur Shouten

Philippe Dana

as Le Directeur du Théâtre

Yvon Crenn

as Le Maire de St. Malo

Jeanne Clinchamp

as La Visiteuse du Musée

Anne Sarrans

as La Fille du Musée

Marie-Hélène Janin

as La Mère de Nathalie

Solène Cabec

as Nathalie

Sandrine Benoist

as La Fille au Cimetière

Vincent Spatari

as La Père à l'École

Olivier Barrot

as L'Interviewer

Jean-François Ballèvre

as Le Pianiste

Claude Chabrol

as Emmanuel Solar (voice) (uncredited)

Eric Savin

as Christian (uncredited)