
The Border(1982)
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.


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 Bonnaire
Vivianne Sterne

Jacques Gamblin
René Sterne

Antoine de Caunes
Germain-Roland Desmot

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Frédérique Lesage

Bernard Verley
Inspecteur Loudun

Bulle Ogier
Évelyne Bordier

Pierre Martot
Regis Marchal

Noël Simsolo
Monsieur Bordier

Rodolphe Pauly
Victor

Adrienne Pauly
Anna
The Color of Lies is a crime, drama film released in 1999 exploring themes of child murder. Directed by Claude Chabrol, it stars Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Antoine de Caunes. 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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