Details: Henri-Georges Clouzet / France / 1960 / 127 mins

Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey, Marie-Jose Nat

Remembering Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot, actor, singer, animal rights campaigner and French icon died in Saint-Tropez in December 2025, aged 91. She achieved international fame in 1956 with the Roger Vadim directed Et Dieu créa la Femme / And God Created Woman and went on to appear in some 50 more films before giving up acting to devote herself to defending animal rights. Despite various controversies, Bardot attained the status of a French national monument, posing for the statue of Marianne, the symbol of the Republic, in 1969.

“Her films, her voice, her dazzling fame, her initials, her sorrows, her generous passion for animals, her face that became Marianne: Brigitte Bardot embodied a life of freedom.” French president, Emmanuel Macron

Ms. Bardot told a French newspaper that she considered La Vérité, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Oscar-nominated 1960 crime drama, the only good film she ever made.

Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover (Sami Frey). As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique’s fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Oscar-nominated La Vérité delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a foothold in the city. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of an impulsive young woman misunderstood and mistreated by those around her, and of her ultimately tragic affair with an up-and-coming conductor. With an astonishing performance by Bardot, Clouzot’s affecting and intricately constructed film—a huge late-career success for the French master—renders a harsh verdict against a hypocritical and moralistic society.

Won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film, 1961

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1961

Details: Dominik Moll / France / 2025 /115 mins

Starring: Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Roehrich

Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she finds no evidence of illegitimate police violence, the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.

César Award Nominations: Best Film, Director, Actress, Script, Photography, Editing, Sound, Music

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Details: Cédric Jimenez / France / 2025 / 106 mins

Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Romain Duris

In the near future, Paris has been divided into three zones that separate social classes, and where the artificial intelligence ‘Alma’ has revolutionized police work. Until its inventor is assassinated, and Salia and Zem, two police officers with completely opposing views, are forced to collaborate to investigate.

César Award Nominations: Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design.

Cork Premiere