vérité

[ vey-ree-tey ]

noun

, French.

1. truth; truthfulness.
2. cinéma vérité.

vérité

/ verite; ˈveɪriːˌteɪ /

adjective

1. involving a high degree of realism or naturalism See also cinéma vérité

   a vérité look at David Bowie

Word History and Origins

Origin of vérité¹

French, literally: truth

Example Sentences

But with “Bird,” which deploys the splendid vérité intimacy of her longtime cinematographer Robbie Ryan, Arnold seems intent on explicitly acknowledging a debt to Loach, forging an exuberantly poetic conversation with the director’s boy-and-his-falcon 1969 classic “Kes.”

From Los Angeles Times

There’s three elements: There’s the vérité — where we see them in their lives, sometimes they’re posturing, sometimes they’re presenting, sometimes they’re with friends, sometimes they’re lying.

From Los Angeles Times

New Orleans nonprofit paper Verite News, as well as national media players Gannett, Gray, Nexstar, Scripps and Tegna, were named as plaintiffs in the suit to stop the law, which punishes violators with a fine of up to $500 or up to 60 days in jail.

From Salon

Watts: Particularly, the cinema verité episode, where it’s all about the black and white ball.

From Los Angeles Times

“Bert was tired of cultural revolutionaries,” says Newton, “and when he saw me, he saw cinéma vérité.”

From Los Angeles Times