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cinema verite

n. Anglicised spelling of cinéma vérité.

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cinema verite

n. a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director

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Cinema Verite (2011 film)

Cinema Verite is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of the production of An American Family, a 1973 PBS documentary television series that is said to be one of the earliest examples of the reality television genre. Principal photography was completed in Southern California. The film premiered on April 23, 2011.

Cinéma vérité (disambiguation)

Cinéma vérité may refer to:

  • Cinéma vérité, a documentary film-making style combining naturalistic techniques with stylized cinematic devices
  • Cinema Verite (2011 film), a film by HBO Films about the making of the television series An American Family
  • Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment, a 1999 documentary film
  • Cinéma Vérité, the first album by alternative rock group Dramarama

Usage examples of "cinema verite".

Films were occasionally used and the other players had to decide whether or not the scenes were stage-acted or cinema verite.

They were, it appeared, going to incorporate a lot of cinema verite, with Conrad humping around a hand-held Arriflex to film life as it was lived.