The Truth (French: La Vérité) is a 2019 drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

It stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier, Clémentine Grenier, Manon Clavel, Alain Libolt, Christian Crahay and Roger Van Hool.

It was released in Japan on 11 October 2019, by GAGA Pictures, and in France on 25 December 2019, by Le Pacte.

Fabienne Dangeville is a very famous French actress, giving an interview about work on her upcoming book.

Her daughter, screenwriter Lumir, son-in-law actor Hank and granddaughter Charlotte arrive for her book launch.

Next day, Lumir confronts Fabienne about some lines in the book which depict her relationship with her mother as a fairy tale fabrication.

The film-within-a-film is about a mother who is dying, so she goes to live in space to arrest her aging and slow the effects of her terminal illness.

Later, Luc tells Fabienne that Manon reminds him of Sarah Mondavan, while Lumir agrees and says they have the same sounding husky voice.

Lumir quickly surmises he wants money, which he thinks he deserves for Fabienne publishing a book including him.

The next day, while shooting scenes with Manon and feeling threatened, Fabienne plays the complaining diva by messing up her lines and blaming being distracted by things, like ringing cell phones.

Lumir hugs her mother, cries and tells her she must truly have magical powers because she's on the verge of forgiving her.

Luc returns to work, where Fabienne has Charlotte present him with her homemade medal as a silent apology.

In July 2018, it was announced Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke would join the film's cast.

The website's critics consensus reads: "The Truth may not stand with Hirokazu Kore-eda's best work, but it finds the writer-director revisiting familiar themes with a typically sensitive touch.

"[14] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".