Bardot … there was a time when it couldn’t be pronounced without a knowing pout on the second syllable. But France’s love affair with Bardot was to curdle, despite her fierce patriotism and admiration for Charles de Gaulle (the feeling was reciprocated). La Vérité, or The Truth (1960), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, is a rip-roaring courtroom drama with Bardot’s character in the dock on a charge of murder. View image in fullscreen Animal lover … Bardot in 2005, with two puppies rescued after being seized by French customs officers. Bardot plays a woman accused of violent robbery who seduces her middle-aged lawyer into fabricating evidence that will acquit her.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2025 04:10 UTC