Au coeur du mensonge / The Color of Lies (1999) DVD9 Artificial Eye, Blu-Ray Cohen Media, download for free

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Au coeur du mensonge / The Color of Lies (1999) DVD9 Artificial Eye, Blu-Ray Cohen Media

by movieworld on May 7th, 2019 at 16:57

"The Color of Lies" is an unsettling psychological thriller bringing together the typical Chabrolesque themes of a fragile marriage, a complacent middle class community, horrific death, a lurking menace - and destructive suspicions.

When a little girl is raped and murdered in the woods near a small Brittany town, suspicion falls on the last person who saw her alive: art teacher Rene Sterne (Jacques Gamblin). His protective wife, Vivianne (Sandrine Bonnaire), tries to stave off inquisitive new Police Inspector Lesage (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), but the allegations of the gossipy townsfolk put a strain on their marriage. Vivianne confides in her friend, local celebrity journalist Germain-Roland Desmot (Antoine de Caunes) who seizes his chance to seduce her. Under increasing pressure, Rene starts to question his own sanity.

By slowly uncovering the numerous connections between a dozen or so characters within the film's small coastal town, Chabrol and his co-writer Odile Barski string a web that gradually closes in on the killer and simultaneously puts subtle stress on the film's central love triangle.

Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Antoine de Caunes, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bernard Verley, Bulle Ogier
Country: France
Genre: Crime, Drama

BD50 | 1080p AVC | 01:53:08 | 37.2 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Francais
Subtitles: English

Extras:
• Audio Commentary by Film Critics Wade Major and Andy Klein. This is another nice commentary by the same pair who provided similar duty on Cohen's recent release of Chabrol's The Inspector Lavardin Collection. They get into Chabrol's history, especially this particular era of his work, while also discussing some of his themes and the careers of the actors in the film.
• 2014 Re-Release Trailer (1080p; 1:36)