The Truth (1960 film)

The Truth French La Vrit is a 1960 French film directed by HenriGeorges Clouzot and starring Brigitte Bardot. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The prosecuting attorney, Eparvier, claims it was an act of premeditated murder that warrants the death penalty. The defense attorney, Gurin, maintains that it was an act of passion and not punishable by death.During the course of the trial, we see the events that led up to the crime. Dominques parents let her move to Paris after she tried to kill herself when they initially refused. She had been living on the Paris Left Bank with her violinist sister Anne, partying and sleeping with men. ........

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