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