La Vérité (1960) Blu Ray

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 (Band of Outsiders' Sami Frey). As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, the Oscarnominated La vérité, directed by HenriGeorges Clouzot (Diabolique), 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 filma huge latecareer success for the French masterrenders a harsh verdict against a hypocritical and moralistic society. Features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Le scandale Clouzot, a sixtyminute documentary from 2017 on director HenriGeorges Clouzot Interview from 1960 with Clouzot Interview with actor Brigitte Bardot from the 1982 documentary Brigitte Bardot telle qu'elle New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau [show more]

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