The Truth

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The Truth is a 1960 French courtroom drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Brigitte Bardot as a young woman on trial for murder.

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instanceOf French film
film
award Volpi Cup for Best Actor (shared by the male cast, Venice Film Festival)
character Dominique Marceau
Gilbert Tellier
Guerin
cinematographyBy Armand Thirard
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReception widely praised for direction and performances
director Henri-Georges Clouzot
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion international release by Columbia Pictures
editedBy Madeleine Gug
featuresPerformanceBy Brigitte Bardot in one of her most acclaimed dramatic roles
filmMovement French cinema of the 1960s
format black-and-white film
genre courtroom drama
drama film
hasCourtroomScenes true
hasMurderTrial true
language French
musicBy Georges Auric
narrativeFocus courtroom trial
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
originalTitle La Vérité
partOfDirectorFilmography Henri-Georges Clouzot filmography
plotSummary A young woman, Dominique Marceau, is tried for the murder of her lover in a highly publicized courtroom case.
portraysCharacterAs Dominique Marceau as a young woman accused of murder
premiereEvent 1960 Venice Film Festival
producedBy Raoul Lévy
productionCompany Raoul Lévy Productions
releaseYear 1960
runtimeMinutes 128
setting Paris
starring Brigitte Bardot
Charles Vanel
Marie-José Nat
Sami Frey
theme justice system
media sensationalism
sexual morality
truth and subjectivity
timePeriodOfStory contemporary to late 1950s France
writtenBy Henri-Georges Clouzot
Louis Verneuil
Michel Audiard

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Brigitte Bardot notableWork The Truth
La Vérité (1960 film) translatedTitle The Truth
subject linked to: La Vérité