The Truth

Original title: La vérité

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Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey, and Charles Vanel in The Truth (1960)

A liberated small-town girl stands on trial to determine whether she killed her lover in a crime of passion or in premeditation.A liberated small-town girl stands on trial to determine whether she killed her lover in a crime of passion or in premeditation.A liberated small-town girl stands on trial to determine whether she killed her lover in a crime of passion or in premeditation.

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7.6/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Trivia
Director Henri George Clouzot pushed his actors and actresses so hard - Sami Frey and Jacques Perrin were about to hit him in the face - that Brigitte Bardot tried to commit suicide after the shooting. She was too much implicated, involved in the Dominique character. She also said that this movie was the only one in her career which she was really proud of.

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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8/10

The Passion of the Bardot...

Through contemporary eyes, you might be quite surprised, what most of the courtroom did surmise, without any question or compromise, but the flashbacks tell no lies and the romance, sadly, 'meurts'.