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The Soft Skin (French: La peau douce) is a 1964 romantic drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut and starring Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, and Nelly Benedetti.
While on the way to Lisbon to give a lecture on French author Honoré de Balzac, Pierre Lachenay, a married father of one and renowned Parisian academic, locks eyes with Nicole, a statuesque Panair do Brasil flight attendant.
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- Drama, Romance
- François Truffaut
- 1964-04-20
While flying to Lisbon, Portugal, to give a lecture, a writer and magazine editor, Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly), encounters an attractive flight attendant, Nicole (Françoise Dorléac), and ...
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- Jean Desailly
- François Truffaut
- Romance
May 24, 2011 · Francois Truffaut's "The Soft Skin" is being revived at the very moment when it seems uncannily prophetic. It tells the story of a wealthy and famous French man, Pierre Lachenay, who has an affair with an airline hostess and foolishly thinks he can keep it a secret from his wife.
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Audio commentary by screenwriter Jean-Louis Richard and François Truffaut scholar Serge Toubiana. New video essay by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones.
- Nicole, Pierre, Franca, Clément
Paris's then-brand-new Orly airport and the still novel phenomenon of air travel form the backdrop for Francois Truffaut's 1964 feature LA PEAU DOUCE ("The Soft Skin"). Pierre (Jean Desailly) is a French publisher who has established an enviable successful bourgeois life and home, married to Italian wife Franca (Nelly Benedetti) and with a ...
Brief Synopsis. A married man falls into an affair with a beautiful airline stewardess.
