Innocent Lies
{{Short description|1995 UK-France thriller film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Innocent Lies
| image =
| caption =
| director = Patrick Dewolf
| producer = Philippe Guez
Simon Perry
| writer = Kerry Crabbe
Patrick Dewolf
Agatha Christie (novel)
| narrator =
| music = Alexandre Desplat
| cinematography = Patrick Blossier
| editing = Joëlle Hache
Chris Wimble
| starring = Stephen Dorff
Gabrielle Anwar
Adrian Dunbar
Joanna Lumley
| studio = PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
| distributor = PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (co-distribution with Pan-Européenne in France){{cite web|title=Innocent Lies (1995)|website=UniFrance|access-date=8 August 2021|url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/13325/innocent-lies}}
| released = {{Film date|1995|06|30|df=y}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
France
| language = English
French
| budget =
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Innocent Lies is a 1995 thriller film directed by Patrick Dewolf and starring Stephen Dorff, Gabrielle Anwar, Adrian Dunbar and Joanna Lumley.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115132030/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/508748 BFI.org] It is a loose adaptation of the 1944 Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero. Keira Knightley, in her film debut, plays the younger version of Celia Graves, the character portrayed by Anwar.
Synopsis
In 1938, a British policeman travels to France to investigate the death of one of his colleagues. He becomes interested in a family of wealthy Britons living in a luxurious French coastal resort, who were heavily involved with the dead man. He soon uncovers a number of dark secrets which the family has tried to conceal.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Stephen Dorff - Jeremy Graves
- Gabrielle Anwar - Celia Graves
- Adrian Dunbar - Alan Cross
- Sophie Aubry - Solange Montfort
- Joanna Lumley - Lady Helena Graves
- Florence Hoath - Angela Cross
- Alexis Denisof - Christopher Wood
- Marianne Denicourt - Maud Graves
- Melvil Poupaud - Louis Bernard
- Bernard Haller - Georges Montfort
- Rosalind Bennett - Janet Blain
- Donal McCann - Joe Green (Uncredited)
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In addition, Keira Knightley portrays a young Celia, while brothers Robin and Tobias Saunders appear as Celia's brothers.
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Category:1990s English-language films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films based on works by Agatha Christie
Category:1990s French-language films
Category:PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films
Category:1995 multilingual films
Category:British multilingual films
Category:French multilingual films
Category:English-language thriller films
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