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Storyline

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.

Released

1964-04-20
Revenue

n/a
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 59m
Genre

Drama, Romance
Status

Released
Language

English, Français, Português
7.5
Production

Les Films du Carrosse, Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF), Simar Films

Crew

François Truffaut

Director

Jean-Louis Richard

Screenplay

António da Cunha Telles

Producer

Keywords:

double life airplane airport paris, france love at first sight stewardess lisbon, portugal reims, france break-up divorce

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Cast

Françoise Dorléac

Nicole

Jean Desailly

Pierre Lachenay

Nelly Benedetti

Franca Lachenay

Daniel Ceccaldi

Clément

Laurence Badie

Ingrid

Philippe Dumat

Directeur Cinéma Reims

Paule Emanuele

Odile

Maurice Garrel

Bontemps

Sabine Haudepin

Sabine Lachenay

Dominique Lacarrière

La Secrétaire Dominique

Jean Lanier

Michel

Pierre Risch

Chanoine

Maurice Magalon

Carnero

Lisbon Organizer (uncredited)

Georges de Givray

Le Père de Nicole (uncredited)

Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Jeune Fille Reims (uncredited)

Maximiliènne Harlaut

Mme. Leloix (uncredited)

Charles Lavialle

Veilleur Hôtel Michelet (uncredited)

Gérard Poirot

Franck (Co-pilot) (uncredited)

Olivia Poli

Mme. Bontemps (uncredited)

Thérèse Renouard

Caissière (uncredited)

Jean-Louis Richard

Man in Street (uncredited)

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Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews for The Soft Skin

A Review by CRCulver 5

Written by CRCulver on 2018-07-25

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 P... read more

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 little girl. But on a trip to Portugal for a conference, Pierre gives into a fling with his stewardess Nicole (Françoise Dorléac). They struggle to keep their affair secret, and Pierre is torn between a desire to fully give himself to his mistress, or hang on to his family life. LA PEAU DOUCE is essentially a study in how adultery is no fun at all. The initial thrills that Pierre gets from bedding the vivacious young Nicole are soon effaced by the sheer difficulty and annoyance of keeping all their arrangements secret, and the awkwardness of their relationship when they can never be public about it. Through long shots on faces by cinematographer Raoul Coutard, the film depicts the awkwardness of two people nervous they are going to be caught out at any moment. Truffaut made his name as a key figure in the French New Wave and his first several films maintain a zany, deliberately provocative style. LA PEAU DOUCE marks a turn in his career towards more conventional filmmaking; you'll find here little of the brashness of prior work like "Shoot the Piano Player" or "Jules et Jim". One might detect here an affinity with the carefully composed work of Hitchcock; certainly the close of LA PEAU DOUCE takes us towards conventional thriller territory. Ultimately this is not one of Truffaut's best films; it is entertaining enough on a single viewing, but there is a real lack of rewatch value here. Yet for fans of the Sixties, the film has considerable appeal as a snapshot of what French society thought about air travel and their new Orly airport. (Truffaut's chum Jean-Luc Godard in his "Une femme mariee" of the same year, was also fascinated by Orly and what it represented.)