The Truth (1960 film) box office hit in France, Bardot's biggest ever success at the box office and the third most popular film of the year (after "Ben Hur" and "Le Bossu"). The "Los Angeles Times" called the film "an amazing picture, a tour de force from all concerned. It is at once immoral, amoral and strangely moral." The Truth (1960 film) The Truth () is a 1960 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Brigitte Bardot. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Dominique Marceau is a young Frenchwoman on trial for killing her lover, Gilbert.
Box-office bomb Box-office bomb In the motion picture industry, a "box-office bomb" or "box-office flop" is a film that is considered highly unsuccessful or unprofitable during its theatrical run, often following significant hype regarding its cost, production, or marketing efforts. Generally, any film for which the production and marketing costs exceed the combined revenue recovered after release is considered to have "bombed". "Box-office bomb" is a subjective term, as gauging the financial success of a film is difficult. There is also no reliable definition of the term. Not all films that fail to earn back their estimated costs during their theatrical runs