sentences:  Although the terms of the contract placed unwelcome restrictions upon his control over his work, L'Herbier realised that it also offered him an unparalleled opportunity to benefit from the international links of the Gaumont company and to work in the best technical facilities then available.His first project, which he was both to write and to direct, was "Le Carnaval des vérités", a symbolist drama about the struggle between Truth and Falsehood.Filming took place on location on the Basque coast near Biarritz in November 1919 and subsequently at the Studios de La Villette in Paris.