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Three Fables of Love ()

Les Quatre Vérités (original title)
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"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments.

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Annie (segment "Les deux pigeons")
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Charles (segment "Les deux pigeons")
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Le voleur (segment "Les deux pigeons")
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Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
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Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
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Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
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L'avocat (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
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Madeleine (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
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Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
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Leo (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
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(segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
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Valerio (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
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El rubio (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
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La fille (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Casto (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
Alain Bouvette ...
Un collègue de Charles
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Aveugle (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
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Forain (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
Sergio Galiano ...
client au restaurant (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
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(segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
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Funcionario (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
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Forain (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
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Aveugle (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
Albert Michel ...
Un collègue de Charles
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Le restaurateur
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(segment "La mort et le bûcheron")

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Alessandro Blasetti ... (segment "Le lièvre et la tortue")
Hervé Bromberger ... (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
René Clair ... (segment "Les deux pigeons")
Luis García Berlanga ... (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")

Written by

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Rafael Azcona ...
 
Isa Bartalini ... (segment "La lepre e la tartaruga")
 
Alessandro Blasetti ...
 
Hervé Bromberger ... (screenplay)
 
Hervé Bromberger ... (story)
 
Suso Cecchi D'Amico ...
 
René Clair ...
 
Frédéric Grendel ... (screenplay)
 
Frédéric Grendel ... (story)
 
Jean de La Fontaine ... (novel)

Produced by

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Gilbert de Goldschmidt ... producer

Music by

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Charles Aznavour
Georges Garvarentz

Cinematography by

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Carlo Di Palma
Jacques Mercanton
Francisco Sempere
Armand Thirard

Editing by

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Nino Baragli
Borys Lewin
Denise Natot

Art Direction by

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Léon Barsacq

Script and Continuity Department

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Annie Maurel ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Jean-Étienne Siry ... poster designer

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Plot Summary

"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments. The first segment, "Death and the Woodcutter," about a common organ grinder (street performer who plays a mechanical musical instrument called street organ on the street for a living) who is driven to the edge of sanity by bureaucracy, was cut from the US release for its serious tone. The second story, "The Crow and the Fox," is about a jealous husband who keeps his wife under lock and key since they lives in a town full of single men, but their neighbor is determined to have a cozy visit with her. The third story, "The Tortoise and the Hare," follows a jealous wife who decides to win her adulterous husband back. The final tale, "Two Pigeons," is about a young man and woman who accidentally lock themselves up in a flat and end up falling for each other.

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Taglines 3 Witty and Wonderful Tales of Marriage and What Comes Before...And After! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les quatre vérités (France)
  • Le 4 verità (Italy)
  • Las cuatro verdades (Spain)
  • Three Fables of Love (Canada, English title)
  • Three Fables of Love (United States)
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  • 110 min
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