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La Vérité

Original title: La vérité
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  • 2h 7m
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7.6/10
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Brigitte Bardot in La Vérité (1960)
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A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing preme... Read allA liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?
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    • Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Writers
    • Henri-Georges Clouzot(scenario)
    • Simone Drieu(scenario)
    • Michèle Perrein(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Paul Meurisse
    • Charles Vanel
    • Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Writers
    • Henri-Georges Clouzot(scenario)
    • Simone Drieu(scenario)
    • Michèle Perrein(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Paul Meurisse
    • Charles Vanel
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    • 26User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Brigitte Bardot on location in Paris while shooting "La Verite" May 31, 1960
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    Brigitte Bardot and Paul Meurisse in La Vérité (1960)
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    Sami Frey in La Vérité (1960)
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    Jacques Perrin and Jean-Loup Reynold in La Vérité (1960)
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    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    • Dominique Marceau
    Paul Meurisse
    Paul Meurisse
    • Maître Éparvier
    Charles Vanel
    Charles Vanel
    • Maître Guérin
    Sami Frey
    Sami Frey
    • Gilbert Tellier
    Marie-José Nat
    Marie-José Nat
    • Annie Marceau
    Jean-Loup Reynold
    Jean-Loup Reynold
    • Michel
    André Oumansky
    André Oumansky
    • Ludovic Toussaint
    Claude Berri
    Claude Berri
    • Georges
    Jacques Perrin
    Jacques Perrin
    • Jérôme
    Barbara Sommers
    • Daisy
    • (as Barbara Sohmers)
    Louis Seigner
    Louis Seigner
    • Le président des assises
    Raymond Meunier
    • Le cuistot du 'Spoutnik'
    René Blancard
    René Blancard
    • L'avocat général
    Paul Bonifas
    Paul Bonifas
    • Un greffier
    Hubert de Lapparent
    • Un avocat
    Louis Arbessier
    • Le professeur
    Simone Berthier
    • Une locataire
    Charles Bouillaud
    • L'avocat d'Annie
      • Henri-Georges Clouzot
    • Writers
      • Henri-Georges Clouzot(scenario)
      • Simone Drieu(scenario)
      • Michèle Perrein(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      Italian censorship visa # 33980 delivered on 20-2-1961.
    • Quotes

      The Prosecuting Attorney: You spent weeks seducing him, didn't you? Weeks!

      Dominique's Attorney: Objection! What length of time should she have spent? Is there any legal limit on how long a seduction ought to take?

    • Connections
      Featured in The Art of Arts TV: The Single Arts Film (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      L'oiseau de feu
      Written by Igor Stravinsky

      Editions Schott

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    7/10
    THE TRUTH (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960) ***
    French sex symbol Brigitte Bardot occasionally alternated her standard titillating vehicles with films of greater substance (though, invariably, she was still required to shed her clothes!) often helmed by a top name within her native cinema – notable examples being Claude Autant-Lara's LOVE IS MY PROFESSION (1958), Julien Duvivier's THE WOMAN AND THE PUPPET (1959; the only one I have not watched, since it seems not to be available in an English-friendly version – but, of course, I am familiar with the three other adaptations of the Pierre Louys source material, as well as owning the novel itself!), the film under review (sharing disc space with the first-mentioned title on the copy I watched, after acquiring one on which the English subtitles did not work – that said, even here, translation for a slew of dialogue at a time is intermittently skipped – but, then, these are burnt-in on the print obtainable via "You Tube"!), Jean-Luc Godard's CONTEMPT (1963) – unquestionably the finest of the lot – and Louis Malle's A VERY PRIVATE AFFAIR (1962), VIVA MARIA! (1965) and the "William Wilson" episode from SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968). As for director Clouzot, this was his last mainstream film – since his next, "Inferno" (begun in 1964), would be aborted due to his poor health and a subsequent one, LA PRISONNERE (1968), was perhaps too 'specialized' (read: extreme) to cater for other than 'underground' audiences! For the record, I still need to watch his MANON (1949) and LES ESPIONS (1957) from the ones I own.

    THE TRUTH – included in the all-time top 3,000 movies ranked by the "Wonders In The Dark" website – was the only title involving either to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar: incidentally, it is preceded by the Columbia logo and, apparently, was simultaneously shot in English as per contemporary posters!; for what it is worth, the film deservedly missed out to Ingmar Bergman's beautifully stark parable THE VIRGIN SPRING (1960) – even if they actually emerged joint winners at the Golden Globes! Anyway, what we have here is the trial of a crime of passion (with the star herself in the dock), the backstory of which is then seen in flashback – triggered off by the interrogations of various witnesses. Clouzot managed to rope in an impressive supporting cast for his plethora of characters: Charles Vanel as Bardot's practiced Defense Counsel, Paul Meurisse as the showy Prosecutor – incidentally, both these actors had already appeared together for Clouzot in one of his greatest works, DIABOLIQUE (1955) – and youngsters Sami Frey and Jacques Perrin among the uninhibited (what else?) protagonist's numerous lovers, the former being also the victim in the case.

    The director's renowned clinical eye for detail is well in evidence throughout – but the film's two sections do not necessarily jell in this particular instance (perhaps tellingly, the 122-minute movie had as many as six scriptwriters assigned to it!). The narrative proper, then, seems to belong to the 'wasted youth' trend kickstarted by Federico Fellini's I VITELLONI (1953); indeed, despite their highbrow aspirations (musician Frey juggles a relationship with Bardot and her 'saintly' elder sister, all the while attempting to set up his own orchestra!), these singularly colourless personages come across as low-lifes more than anything else: the crime itself, followed immediately by the heroine's attempted suicide, is easily the standout here. Conversely, the backhanded tactics prevalent in the over-crowded courtroom lend much cynical enjoyment – thus countering the necessarily static nature of the cinematography during these sequences.

    Still, the film is considered as the one in which the star gave her best performance (she even won the Italian equivalent of the Oscar for it as Best Foreign Actress): though the events leading up to the night of the crime and where the real guilt lay (hence the title) are hotly debated by both sides, it is inconceivable to accuse Frey (who could hardly be blamed for lusting after Bardot) over her (whose feelings for him – whether genuine or merely to spite her "square" sibling – are never properly defined)…which is perhaps why the trial ends abruptly as it does! In retrospect, the movie can be seen to have much in common with the afore-mentioned "Inferno" – whose troubled shoot was delineated in a feature-length documentary released in 2009 (after Claude Chabrol had already impressively refashioned Clouzot's original script for his own 1993 effort L'ENFER).
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      • November 2, 1960 (France)
      • France
      • Italy
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      • Rue Saint-Antoine, Paris 4, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Han Productions
      • C.E.I.A.P.
      • Iéna Productions
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Black and White

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