La Vérité (occasionally released under its English translation The Truth) is a 1960 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Brigitte Bardot.

The younger sister, Annie, is a studious aspiring violinist, while Dominique avoids work and leads a directionless, leisurely lifestyle.

When Annie moves to Paris for music school, Dominique wants to join her, overdosing on pills when their parents refuse.

Gilbert, an ambitious young conductor, befriends Annie and visits the apartment, finding a nude Dominique who flirts with him.

Eventually, they begin a turbulent relationship, during which Dominique takes an uncharacteristically long time to consent to Gilbert's sexual advances, impulsively sleeping around with other men in the meantime.

The landlady evicts Dominique from Gilbert's flat, leading her to take a job at a restaurant to pay her own rent.

Dominique promptly steps in front of a bus, though she survives with minimal injury and denies that it was a suicide attempt.

Dominique purchases a gun and sneaks back to Gilbert's apartment, initially claiming she intends to kill herself in front of him.

Eparvier is slightly shaken by the suicide and expresses guilt over his own culpability, whereas Guerin is indifferent and reassures his colleague it is simply a "professional hazard" while turning his attention to the next case.

Two years in the planning, six months in the shooting, sets sealed to the press, and all culminating in the suicide attempt of the drama's star, Brigitte Bardot.

[10] According to a 1963 report by CNC France, Bardot's two films, The Truth and A Very Private Affair, generated a combined net profit of $640,000 for their distributors in the United States.

[12] The Los Angeles Times called the film "an amazing picture, a tour de force from all concerned.