LA VERITE - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1960
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover (Sami Frey). As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Oscar-nominated La vérité delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a foothold in the city. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of an impulsive young woman misunderstood and mistreated by those around her, and of her ultimately tragic affair with an up-and-coming conductor. With an astonishing performance by Bardot, Clouzot's affecting and intricately constructed film--a huge late-career success for the French master--renders a harsh verdict against a hypocritical and moralistic society.
• Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey, Marie-José Nat, Jean-Loup Reynold, André Oumansky, Claude Berri, Jacques Perrin, Barbara Sommers, Louis Seigner, Raymond Meunier, René Blancard, Paul Bonifas, Hubert de Lapparent, Louis Arbessier, Simone Berthier, Charles Bouillaud, Colette Castel, Marcel Delaître, Germaine Delbat, Jacques Hilling, Christian Lude, Jacques Marin, Colette Régis, Jackie Sardou, Suzy Willy, Fernand Ledoux, Jacqueline Porel, Betty Beckers, Claudine Berg, Marcel Cuvelier, Yvonne Dany, Jenny Doria, Pierre Durou, Francis Lemonnier, Marcel Loche, Robert Mercier, Albert Michel, Georgette Peyron, Pierre Roussel, Louis Saintève, Guy Tréjan, Dominique Zardi, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Simone Drieu, Michèle Perrein, Jérôme Géronimi, Christiane Rochefort, Véra Clouzot, Raoul Lévy, Armand Thirard, Albert Jurgenson, Gabriel Bouillon, William Robert Sivel, Jean André
• Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Runtime: 2:08
• Company: Columbia Films, Han Productions, C.E.I.A.P., Iéna Productions, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie