vérité

American  

[vey-ree-tey] / veɪ riˈteɪ /

noun

French.

1. truth; truthfulness.

2. cinéma vérité.

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vérité British  

/ verite, ˈveɪriːˌteɪ /

adjective

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

   a vérité look at David Bowie

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Etymology

Origin of vérité

French, literally: truth

Example Sentences

In the case of “Nirvanna the Band,” I assume the answer to the second question at some point becomes “no,” but it’s all done with a very persuasive mix of vérité style and can-do lunacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unlike a typically formatted travel piece, with a chatty on-camera host explaining, opinining and maybe eating their way through a destination, this one was shot largely in a first-person, vérité style, making it feel as if I was walking through the market myself.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shot in the style of cinéma vérité, Mojica appears as both a narrator and protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times

Since the film is a light cinéma vérité style, Iwerks doesn’t editorialize as to how it all did get done.

From Los Angeles Times

And all of Xia’s interviews are filmed in the field in a vérité style, a nod to journalism in action, from UC San Diego labs and mammal rescue operations treating cancer-riven sea lions to microbiologist David Valentine’s attempts to collect samples from those time-bomb-like barrels of sludge.

From Los Angeles Times