La Vérité (Criterion Collection)

In a Parisian docket, the fallen Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) stood on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier (Sami Frey), the rising orchestra conductor who’d once been her lover. As her defense counsel (Charles Vanel) tries to argue that the act was one of passion, rather than premeditated, a sobering portrait of a troubled young life gone off the rails emerges. Henri-Georges Clouzot’s provocative courtroom tragedy also stars Paul Meurisse, Marie-José Nat. AKA: "The Truth." 128 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; bonus documentary "Le Scandale Clouzot" (2017); featurettes. In French with English subtitles.