The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies

1999•1h 53m•5.8/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

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5.8/10(64)

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...

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Production

MK2 Films, France 3 Cinéma

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

Vivianne Sterne

Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Gamblin

René Sterne

Antoine de Caunes

Antoine de Caunes

Germain-Roland Desmot

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Frédérique Lesage

Bernard Verley

Bernard Verley

Inspecteur Loudun

Bulle Ogier

Bulle Ogier

Évelyne Bordier

Pierre Martot

Pierre Martot

Regis Marchal

Noël Simsolo

Noël Simsolo

Monsieur Bordier

Rodolphe Pauly

Rodolphe Pauly

Victor

Adrienne Pauly

Adrienne Pauly

Anna

Véronique Volta

Véronique Volta

Betty

Sylvie Flepp

Sylvie Flepp

Madame Lemoine

Florent Gibassier

Florent Gibassier

Joël Sarne

Thomas Chabrol

Thomas Chabrol

Le Médecin Légiste

Wendy Malpeli

Eloïse Michel

Anastasie Loncle

Laetitia

Julia Cotteret

Sophie Lesage

Cécile Eloir

La Cantatrice

Michel Bodet

Le Journaliste de France 3

Michel Dupuy

Le Patron du Bar

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