Brigitte Bardot: La Vérité [The Truth] [OmeU] FR, 1960, R: Henri-Georges Clouzot mit Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, 128 Min

In La Vérité (The Truth), Brigitte Bardot delivers one of her most powerful performances as Dominique Marceau, a young woman on trial for the murder of her lover. Through courtroom testimony and flashbacks, the film unravels Dominiques turbulent lifeher passionate, self-destructive relationship with a brilliant, conservative musician, and her defiant, free-spirited nature that clashed with societal expectations. As the trial unfolds, La Vérité probes the fine line between love and obsession, freedom and recklessness, guilt and innocence. Henri-Georges Clouzots gripping courtroom drama is both a scathing critique of moral hypocrisy and a haunting portrait of a woman judged not only for her crime, but for her life.

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