Au coeur du mensonge (1999)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Odile Barski (writer)
Claude Chabrol (writer)

Release Date:

13 January 1999 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter...

Plot Keywords:

Art Teacher | Suspicion | Painter | Nurse | Adultery

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire	...	Vivianne Sterne
Jacques Gamblin	...	René Sterne
Antoine de Caunes	...	Germain-Roland Desmot (as Antoine De Caunes)
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
Véronique Volta	...	Betty
Sylvie Flepp	...	Madame Lemoine
Florent Gibassier	...	Joël Sarne
Thomas Chabrol	...	Le médecin légiste
Wendy Malpeli	...	Eloïse Michel

Also Known As:

At the Heart of the Lie (literal English title)
The Color of Lies (USA)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color | Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Germany:12

Company:

Canal+

The dignity of man is sensibility of passions

For Claude Chabrol,a cinéaste who has made over 50 films,this film must be like one of his loving children.However,his admirers might view it in a different light as it might appear as a minor work for them but many serious viewers would nevertheless feel that there are some nice things to observe in this film.Au coeur du mensonge is a film about people who are grappling with truths and lies in their lives.This film is more of a character study even though it is true that there are two crimes depicted in the film.These vile acts are merely a pretext for small town people to talk of pretentiousness and infidelity.Au coeur du mensonge is also a story about two artists;one of them is a fake and other one is not so sure of his inherent abilities.There is also a woman in their midst who is torn between these two men.The message of this film is simple:To understand a lie,one has to go to its heart.When we watch Sandrine Bonnaire and Jacques Gamblin, we realize that the truth is not so complicated as it is always visible on surface level.