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  • 2020
  • PG
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2020
  • PG
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) is an aging French movie star who, despite her momentary lapses in memory, remains a venerable force to be reckoned with. Upon the publication of her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns to Paris from New York with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young daughter to commemorate its release...

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Written By: Ken Liu, Hirokazu Koreeda

  • 2020
  • PG
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2020
  • PG
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

The Truth

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) is an aging French movie star who, despite her momentary lapses in memory, remains a venerable force to be reckoned with. Upon the publication of her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns to Paris from New York with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young daughter to commemorate its release...

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Written By: Ken Liu, Hirokazu Koreeda

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
76
79% Positive
27 Reviews
21% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
76
79% Positive
27 Reviews
21% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Jul 1, 2020
Deneuve has fun with her best role in years.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
88
Jul 3, 2020
The Truth doesn’t have very much of a plot. What little there is serves as a clothesline for its two excellent leads to hang their performances out to dry.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 2, 2020
The story gradually emerges through an accretion of details and personal dynamics, often in families that stand in for the larger world. Things happen quietly or offscreen. The drama is measured out in sips, in gazes, gestures, silences, off-handed humor and shocks of brutality.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 3, 2020
The Truth is layered and offers a treat for those who savor acting on the highest level, but it is a step down from his best films and may hold its strongest appeal for those who label themselves cineastes and art house movie-lovers.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 5, 2020
Perhaps a filmmaker whose powers were less orderly, less morally driven to soothe and pacify, could have pushed Fabienne—and Deneuve—to tragic and stylistic extremes that would have rendered the film’s reconciliations as mighty as its conflicts. Instead, he offers half a film of magnificent fragments.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 31, 2020
The parallels drawn between Fabienne’s life and the stories she’s drawn to are a little on the nose. “What matters most is personality! Presence!” she declares, determined not to fade into obscurity. Deneuve’s luminous performance ensures she won’t.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 7, 2019
No matter how strong the performances or how assured the direction may be, The Truth can’t shake how, on a writing level, Kore-eda is out of his element.
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6.9
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21% Mixed
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7% Negative
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7% Negative
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Production Company 3B Productions, Bun-Buku, MI Movies, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Garidi Films, Cofinova 15, Indéfilms 7, Cinécap 2, Cinémage 13, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Le Pacte, Wild Bunch, Gaga, All Nippon Airways Co.
Release Date Jul 3, 2020
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating PG
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Website http://www.curzonartificialeye.com/the-truth/
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Awards

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 4 Nominations
Online Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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