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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.
The Soft Skin: Directed by François Truffaut. With Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi. Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole.
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- Drama, Romance
- François Truffaut
- 1964-04-20
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
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
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").
Soft to the touch, and yet booms like a shotgun blast. Unafraid to play things cinematic and leave realism in the dust, The Soft Skin is Nouvelle Vague posing as Neorealism, fusing a Fellini-esque bourgeois love affair with all the thrills of a classic Hitchcock murder plot.
