Innocent Lies (1995)

Director:

Patrick Dewolf

Writers:

Kerry Crabbe
Patrick Dewolf

Release Date:

30 June 1995 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Stabbed With Scissors | Seduction | Tennis | Strangled To Death

Cast

Adrian Dunbar	...	Alan Cross
Florence Hoath	...	Angela Cross
Sophie Aubry	...	Solange Montfort
Joanna Lumley	...	Lady Helena Graves
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Celia Graves
Alexis Denisof	...	Christopher Wood
Stephen Dorff	...	Jeremy Graves
Marianne Denicourt	...	Maud Graves
Melvil Poupaud	...	Louis Bernard
Bernard Haller	...	Georges Montfort
Rosalind Bennett	...	Janet Blain
Keira Knightley	...	Young Celia
Tobias Saunders	...	Celia's Brother #1
Robin Saunders	...	Celia's Brother #2
Charles Duron	...	Beach Boy
Michel Winogradoff	...	Albert
Yvon Back	...	Inspector Talmi
Alexandra Monvoisin	...	Zaza
Marianne Segol	...	Gigi
Tatjana Verdonik	...	Maud's Mother
Oskar Freitag	...	Maud's Father
Alan Ross	...	Station Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Donal McCann	...	Joe Green (uncredited)

Directed by
Patrick Dewolf

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kerry Crabbe
Patrick Dewolf

Produced by
Philippe Carcassonne	....	associate producer
Daniel Delume	....	line producer
Philippe Guez	....	producer
Simon Perry	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Patrick Blossier		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joëlle Hache
Chris Wimble

Production Design by
Bernd Lepel

Costume Design by
Tom Rand

Makeup Department
Clarisse Domine	....	key makeup artist
Peter King	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sylvain Bouladoux	....	assistant unit manager
Richard Lalonde	....	production manager
Antoine Vierny	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vincent Canaple	....	first assistant director
Peter Heslop	....	assistant director

Art Department
Amanda Grenville	....	set dresser
Jonathan Hurst	....	props
Boris Piot	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Don Banks	....	boom operator
Harry Barnes	....	dialogue editor
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Jacobs	....	assistant sound engineer
Colin Ritchie	....	supervising sound editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	production sound mixer
Alan Snelling	....	foley recordist
Michael Stevens	....	assistant sound engineer
Richard Pryke	....	assistant re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: CFC (as Peter Hanson)
Wolfgang Lempp	....	software development: CFC
Mark Nelmes	....	digital special effects designer: CFC
Mark Nelmes	....	digital visual effects supervisor: CFC
Alison O'Brien	....	digital special effects producer: CFC

Stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Pascal Ridao	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Paul Ensby	....	film color grader
Mike Fraser	....	negative cutter
Tony Tromp	....	assistant editor

Music Department
William Boulton	....	orchestra leader
Antoine Cambourakis	....	synthesizer recording
Simon Chamberlain	....	musician: piano duet
Simon Chamberlain	....	musician: stride piano
Alexandre Desplat	....	musician: piano duet
Alexandre Desplat	....	musician: stride piano
Alexandre Desplat	....	orchestrations
Leonore Hall	....	musician: solo piano
John Harle	....	musician: soprano saxophone solo
Matt Howe	....	additional score mixing engineer
Paul Talkington	....	orchestral manager
John Timperley	....	music sound engineer
Allan Wilson	....	conductor

Other crew
Marie McFerran	....	production coordinator
Charlie Raedle	....	craft service
Claudine Raedle	....	craft service
Deryn Stafford	....	production coordinator
Mark Warrick	....	assistant: Ray Williams

Production Companies

• Polygram Filmed Entertainment (presents)
• Red Umbrella Productions (as Red Umbrella Films)
• Septième Production (as Septieme Production SARL)
• Cinéa (in co-production with)
• PolyGram Audiovisuel (as PolyGram D.A.) (in co-production with)
• Sofica Investimage 4 (in co-production with)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Gramercy Pictures (I) (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Independent Productions (199?) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (1995) (France) (theatrical)
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1995) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sogepaq Distribución (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• PolyGram Video (USA) (VHS)
• Top Tape (Brazil) (VHS)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (digital special effects)

Other Companies

• Berliner Bank  banking services (as Berliner Bank, London)
• Barclays Bank  banking services (as Barclays Bank, London [Soho Square])
• Union Industrielle de Credit  banking services (as Union Industrielle de Credit, Paris)
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• RHH/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance services (as RHH / Albert G. Ruben)
• S.G.A.C. Bellan  insurance services (as SGAC / Bellan)
• Jacques and Lewis  legal services (as Jaques & Lewis)
• Georges Dahan & Associés  legal services (as Georges Dahan & Associes)
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  public relations (as Dennis Davidson Associates)
• Samalga  camera equipment (as Samalga-Paris)
• Transpalux  lighting equipment
• Beams Lighting  lighting equipment
• B.B.R.K.  set construction (as BBRK)
• Cosprop  costumers
• Car Grip  transport services
• J.D. Transport  transport services (as JD Transport)
• Société Germain Location  period cars (as Germain Location)
• Studio Phil  trailers
• Capital Skylink  artists' cars
• Europcar InterRent  rental cars (as Europcar / Inter Rent Vannes)
• Claudine & Charlie Raedle  craft services (as Craft Services Claudine & Charlie Raedle)
• Paradox Voyages  travel agent
• Network Travel  travel agent
• Konica  other equipment
• Xotis  other equipment
• Hopital Yves Lancot  other equipment
• Twickenham Film Studios  filmed in and around (as Twickenham Studios, England)
• Kodak Eastmancolor  originated on (as Eastman Colour Film from KODAK Paris)
• Technicolor  processed at (as Technicolor®, London)
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and opticals
• Asylum VFX  with thanks to: digital special effects (as Asylum)
• Peerless Camera Company  with thanks to: digital special effects
• Snaptrax  sound post-production
• Anvil Studios  soundtrack re-recorded at (as Anvil Studio)
• Pinewood Studios  soundtrack re-recorded at
• Twickenham Film Studios  soundtrack re-recorded at (as Twickenham Studios, England)
• Munich Symphony Orchestra  original music performed by (as The Munich Symphony Orchestra)
• Arco Studios  orchestral music recorded at (as Arco Studio, Munich)
• Metropolis Studios  music mixed at (as Metropolis Studios, London)
• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  acknowledgement
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Australia:88 min | Spain:87 min | UK:88 min | Argentina:88 min

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (as Dolby Stereo SR) | Stereo (as Dolby Stereo SR)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Spain:18 | UK:18 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Morbihan, France

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Trivia:

'Julie Christie' refused the role of Lady Helena Graves

Soundtrack:

Que reste-t-il de nos amours?

All Style and No Substance

If you like longing glances into the misty distance, unmotivated yet psychotic incest, and daft police work, you'll love this waste of time and film.

The casting director clearly liked a specific "look" of female. As a result, I spent the first half of the movie just trying to keep the female characters straight. Beautiful women are not enough to save this flimsiest of scripts, however.

I feel cheated. I could've been playing solitaire. It would've been equally fulfilling. Clearly, I do not recommend this movie. I was hoping for so much more from a largely watchable cast.