Nowadays, with the development of communication technology, there are more and more ways to spread messages, and the speed of dissemination is getting faster and faster.
News can reach the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time.
And malicious fake news can also cause the greatest harm in the shortest possible time.
Online, victims of rumors are attacked by people who don't know the truth.
If in reality, people's disgust will be more obvious.
In the movie "Hunting", the male protagonist Lucas was wrongfully sexually assaulted by a nursery girl.
Since then, his life has changed dramatically.
Even if the truth comes out in the end, the damage he suffered cannot be undone.
Lucas has a similar experience with the male protagonist Heine in "The Color of Lies".
The French film The Color of Lies was released in 1999 and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival by director Claude Chabrol.
The story's male protagonist, René Stern (Jacques Gamblin), used to be a well-known painter.
In an explosion, he suffered a leg injury and fell ill, and has since relied on crutches to walk.
Physical disability also greatly changed Hehne's temperament.
Originally good at painting portraits, he began to refuse to paint portraits for people, and instead began to paint landscapes.
In addition to his time at drawing, he also served as a teacher, teaching the children of the town to draw.
One day, one of his students, Eloise, was found dead in a grove of trees with signs of sexual assault before his death.
Coincidentally, Eloise had just left Hone's house that day before the accident.
The police quickly found Hone.
The female police officer Lesa (Valeria Buonni-Tatecci) asks him many questions, including the situation of the last lesson, Honey's alibi, and so on.
She also asked about the paintings that Eloise had drawn in her last class.
Héné told Lesa that Eloise would take the paintings with him every time, and this time was no exception.
But Lesa did not find a single painting in Eloise's bag.
The little girl was raped and then killed, and such a terrible case soon spread throughout the town.
Although the police have not yet convicted Hone, he has become the murderer of the case in people's minds.
Parents of students have called to withdraw from class, and even the paintings left by their children in his home are not willing to come to the door to pick them up.
When he was out of the house, he saw a little girl crying on the side of the road and wanted to ask her if she was lost and needed help.
At this time, passers-by will appear very promptly, take the girl to a safe place, and at the same time throw a hateful look at Henne.
When this happens to Hone, his wife Vivian (Sandrina Bernell) looks at it and is anxious in her heart.
But unexpectedly, Vivian's state gave others an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The writer Germain (Thomas Chabrol), who contributed to several newspapers and occasionally wrote novels, was a celebrity in the town.
The tall and handsome appearance coupled with the temperament of the literati makes Germain very popular with the opposite sex.
Vivian was also his target.
Her husband is in trouble, and Vivian needs someone to talk to.
In this confession, her relationship with Germain became closer and closer, and eventually developed into an extramarital affair.
At the same time, the police investigation is still ongoing.
Lesa got her previous painting from Eloise's mother.
After analysis by psychologists, the paintings suggest that Eloise had unusual feelings for his teacher, Hone.
Eloise grew up in a single-parent family and lived without the company of his father.
This upbringing led to Eloise's easy dependence on older men.
Although Henne himself did not realize it, the girl did have a different meaning to him.
When Hühne gave lessons to other students, he would only paint landscapes.
But when he gave a lesson to Eloise, he would paint her portrait.
This time, he regained the student's painting, so that he began to face his heart.
Hühne decided to refocus his artistic creation on the human body, and he invited Vivian to be his model.
He thought that painting portraits would be a very simple thing for him, but in the face of Vivian in a blue dress, Henette could not paint well.
The dress didn't fit Vivian's past style of dressing, nor was it a color she would have worn before.
In fact, Vivian would buy such a brightly colored dress because Germain had said she was suitable for blue.
In the days that followed, one coincidence after another convinced Hone that his wife had an improper relationship with Germain.
One night, Germain came to the house for dinner at Henne's invitation.
And it became his Last Supper.
It was late at night after the meal, and it was foggy again, and Henne offered to take Germain home.
Arriving at the door of Germain's house, the two men had a verbal altercation.
It is clear that Germain seduced the wife of others, but he is not ashamed at all.
The sharp teeth and sharp mouth of the literati made the unspeakable Henne powerless.
The next day, Germain was found dead in his home.
The police find Hone's home again, and the couple is the last to see Germain.
Whether confronted by the police or Vivian, Hone refused to admit that he was involved in Germain's death.
Police find his novels based on herself and Vivian in Germain's computer.
However, literary works are not evidence.
Coupled with the autopsy results showing that Germain died of a heart attack, Henne's suspicion of committing the crime is a little smaller.
The real culprit who eventually killed Eloise was also captured, and it seemed as if all the turmoil had passed.
However, Heine finally confesses to his lover on the blue sea that Germain's death was related to him.
He escaped the law, but will spend the rest of his life in self-blame and fear.
What is even more frustrating is that the source of all this is a false accusation thrown at Henette by public opinion.
He was believed to be the murderer of Eloise and was treated differently.
Even Vivian, behind her back, didn't believe him 100% ...