Where to watch The Color of Lies(1999)

Where to stream The Color of Lies

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The Color of Lies plot summary

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...

Details

Original title

Au cœur du mensonge

Release date

January 13, 1999

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Crime, Drama

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Country

France

TMDB rating

5.9 / 10 · 68 votes

Cast

• Sandrine BonnaireVivianne Sterne
• Jacques GamblinRené Sterne
• Antoine de CaunesGermain-Roland Desmot
• Valeria Bruni TedeschiFrédérique Lesage
• Bernard VerleyInspecteur Loudun
• Bulle OgierÉvelyne Bordier
• Pierre MartotRegis Marchal
• Noël SimsoloMonsieur Bordier
• Rodolphe PaulyVictor
• Adrienne PaulyAnna

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