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...
Unfortunately the movie The Color of Lies is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Claude Chabrol | Director |
| Writing | Odile Barski | Writer |
| Writing | Claude Chabrol | Writer |
| Production | Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Sound | Matthieu Chabrol | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Eduardo Serra | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Monique Fardoulis | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
| Art | Françoise Benoît-Fresco | Production Design |
| Sound | Jean-Bernard Thomasson | Sound |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christian Gruau | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Guetta | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jocelyne Lemery | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Bruno Bernard | Unit Manager |
| Production | Yvon Crenn | Production Manager |
| Crew | Nathalie Kreuther | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Catherine Pierrat | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Cyrille Bray | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vincent Guillerminet | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Cécile Maistre-Chabrol | Assistant Director |
| Art | Pierre Galliard | Property Master |
| Art | Jean-Pierre Lemoine | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Daniel Mercier | Painter |
| Art | Didier Dubedout | Lead Painter |
| Art | Jean-Luc Millet | Construction Manager |
| Art | Marie Taulen | Painter |
| Sound | Christian Fontaine | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Benoît Hardonniere | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | André Naudin | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Gadou Naudin | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Grégoire Delage | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bernard Ducrocq | Special Effects |
| Crew | Christian Portal | Special Effects |
| Crew | Olivier Zenenski | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Claude Atanassian | Electrician |
| Lighting | Michel Atanassian | Electrician |
| Camera | Olivier Dessalles | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jean-Baptiste Dutreix | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jean-Claude Guiter | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nicolas Herdt | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Raphael Jourdan | Grip |
| Crew | Gwenael Liguet | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Jérémie Nassif | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Marc Nové | Electrician |
| Camera | Dominique Robert | Grip |
| Camera | Michel Rodas | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Michel Thiriet | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte David | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laurence Glentzin | Dresser |
| Editing | Florence Poulain | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Olivier Rossignol | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Laurent Petitgirard | Conductor |
| Sound | Bruno Rigutto | Musician |
| Directing | Aurore Chabrol | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Aline Corneille | Production Secretary |
| Production | Monica Donati | Publicist |
| Crew | Patrick Figueras | Catering |
| Crew | Marin Karmitz | Presenter |
| Production | Gisèle Vuillaume | Administration |
