Oh La La!

I was able to make it to another film in the Film Forum's French Crime Wave series last night - La Verite, a Clouzot film from 1960. The film stars Brigitte Bardot as a young woman put on trial for the murder of her lover. As the witnesses come forth to give testimony, her story is told through flashbacks. It was very entertaining to see Bardot in a quintessential "sex kitten" role and I love the whole 60s Paris vibe. The film ends up feeling dated though as a commentary on the puritanical society casting judgment on Bardot and her crazy new ways. She dares to sleep around, she dares to be aimless and she dares to resent her family - quelle horreur! The judge even takes pains to point out that rather than work, she actually went to the cinema as much as three times a week! Oh no, what is society coming to! Judging from the fit of laughter in the audience, I'd say that my fellow film fanactics and I are going to be having a fabulous film festival in hell together!