White Lies

A Feature film of

Pierre Salvadori

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Les Films Pelléas

Production year1998

French release15/04/1998

Runtime1 h 45 min

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Jeanne is a happy and talkative young woman. But she lies. She lies through her teeth. She can’t help it. When she meets Madeleine, an old lady who takes her under her wing, she also meets Antoine, a young crook with oodles of charm who immediately sees in her an easy way to get rich quick. Hearing Jeanne pass herself off as the daughter of very rich parents, Antoine and two sidekicks decide to kidnap her and hold her to ransom.

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Pierre Salvadori
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Les Films Pelléas

Co-productions : Glem Films, France 2 Cinéma

French distribution : Les Films du Losange

Full credits (20)

Executive Producer : Philippe Martin

Adaptation : Pierre Salvadori

Screenwriters : Marc Syrigas, Pierre Salvadori

Director of Photography : Gilles Henry

Music Composer : Camille Bazbaz

Assistant Director : Brice Cauvin

Editor : Hélène Viard

Sound recordists : Laurent Poirier, Dominique Dalmasso, Jacques Descomps

Costume designer : Valérie Pozzo Di Borgo

Co-producer : Gérard Louvin

Sound assistants : Jean-François Schenegg, Pierre Tucat

Assistant Operators : Nicolas Beauchamp, Sylvain Maillard, Marc Tévanian

Production Manager : Christian Paumier

Sound Editor : Philippe Heissler

Continuity supervisor : Nathalie Vierny

Production Designers : Yan Arlaud, Valérie Chemain

Foley artist : Nicolas Becker

Sound Mixer : Dominique Dalmasso

Still Photographers : Laurence Tremolet, Tadeusz Paczula

Location Manager : Luc Tissot

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Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Comedy
Production language : French
Production country : France (100.0%)
Original French-language productions : Yes

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French Film Festival in Poland
Poland, 1999
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Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1999
Best Actress : Marie Trintignant
French Film Festival in Yokohama
Japan, 1998
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Originally, I wanted to make a fast, funny comedy. A female compulsive liar seemed like the perfect character, if only because of the chaos she spreads around her. But when we got into it, we quickly became aware of the tragic dimension to her character. Compulsive liars are often drifters, depressed, alcoholic or agitated. And lonely. There is nothing deliberate or poetic about this kind of behaviour. And so the film became more like a dramatic or romantic comedy than a sentimental one. Pierre Salvadori (excerpt from press kit)