The Dame in Colour

{{short description|1985 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Dame in Colour

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|La Dame en couleurs}}

| image =

| caption =

| director = Claude Jutra

| producer = Pierre Lamy

| writer = Louise Rinfret
Claude Jutra

| starring = Paule Baillargeon

| music =

| cinematography = Thomas Vámos

| editing = Claire Boyer

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1985|1|29|df=yes}}

| runtime = 112 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

The Dame in Colour ({{langx|fr|La Dame en couleurs}}) is a 1985 Canadian drama film directed by Claude Jutra. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1985 |title=14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985) |access-date=9 February 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316084353/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1985 |archive-date=16 March 2013 }}

==Plot==

La Dame en couleurs is set in an insane asylum administered by nuns. Into this harsh place is dumped a truckload of children who soon find an entrance to a long-forgotten underground passage beneath the hospital. There, free from the strict control of the nuns, the children can let their imaginations run free, creating a mystical world of primitive mysteries and cult-like rites.