The Color of Lies

(1999)Directed by Claude Chabrol113 minCrime, 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...

Sandrine Bonnaireas Vivianne Sterne
Jacques Gamblinas René Sterne
Antoine de Caunesas Germain-Roland Desmot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschias Frédérique Lesage
Bernard Verleyas Inspecteur Loudun
Bulle Ogieras Évelyne Bordier
Pierre Martotas Regis Marchal
Noël Simsoloas Monsieur Bordier
Adrienne Paulyas Anna
Véronique Voltaas Betty
Sylvie Fleppas Madame Lemoine
Florent Gibassieras Joël Sarne
Thomas Chabrolas Le Médecin Légiste
Wendy Malpelias Eloïse Michel
Anastasie Loncleas Laetitia
Julia Cotteretas Sophie Lesage
Cécile Eloiras La Cantatrice
Michel Bodetas Le Journaliste de France 3
MDMichel Dupuyas Le Patron du Bar
Dominique Zardias Monsieur Shouten
Philippe Danaas Le Directeur du Théâtre
Yvon Crennas Le Maire de St. Malo
Jeanne Clinchampas La Visiteuse du Musée