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THE COLORS OF THE DEVIL

Les couleurs du diable

Directed by Alain Jessua
France, Italy, 1997
Drama, Thriller
  • 8282 minutes

Synopsis

Nature imitates art…. Nicolas has never really pondered upon Oscar Wilde’s aphorism. He paints everythings that makes up his life in the city : rapes, muggings, murders, blood, terror, a violence that he has never witnessed personally but that explodes in his paintings.

Synopsis

Nature imitates art…. Nicolas has never really pondered upon Oscar Wilde’s aphorism. He paints everythings that makes up his life in the city : rapes, muggings, murders, blood, terror, a violence that he has never witnessed personally but that explodes in his paintings.