The Color of Lies (1999)
Claude Chabrol · 113 min
The Color of Lies screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Saturday 26 September and Sunday 4 October.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
The Colour of Lies
What it is
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...