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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. Written by Truffaut and Jean-Louis Richard , it is about a married successful writer and lecturer who meets and has an affair with a flight attendant half his age.
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.
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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. The difference between Pierre Lachenay and Dominique Strauss-Kahn is that Pierre is timid and guilty, although he ...
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
The Soft Skin naturalizes New Wave technique; its tonal shifts and disjunctive montage are relatively subtle." And Philip French of the Guardian agreed, calling it "The film in which Truffaut cast off the showy trappings associated with the first years of the Nouvelle Vague and became a truly mature film-maker."
The Soft Skin. François Truffaut followed up the international phenomenon Jules and Jim with this tense tale of infidelity. The unassuming Jean Desailly is perfectly cast as a celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, who embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, played by Françoise Dorléac, who is captivated by his ...
