The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies

1999 · 113 min · FR · 5.9 (69 votes)
Dir. Claude Chabrol · Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Antoine de Caunes, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bernard Verley, Bulle Ogier · Music Matthieu Chabrol
CrimeDrama

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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A palpable sense of dread permeates this French thriller. The suffocating atmosphere of a small town where everyone knows each other amplifies the suspicion and unease surrounding a tragic event. It's a slow, deliberate descent into psychological turmoil.

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