EFF: The Soft Skin (1963)

La peau douce

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“It's stunningly assured, suspenseful, emotionally truthful and tough.” – Daily Telegraph (UK)

A seemingly happily married father and celebrated literary scholar begins a fateful affair with an air stewardess. Risking everything to spend time with her, he finds himself caught in a web of lies that threatens to destroy his marriage.

Truffaut’s tense infidelity drama pays more than a passing nod to a filmmaker that he admired and emulated: Alfred Hitchcock. In fact, whilst making The Soft Skin Truffaut was working on his now-famous book Hitchcock/Truffaut, and the Master of Suspense’s indelible mark can be felt in its themes of violence and revenge – right down to the cool blonde at the centre of its story.

Festivals & Awards

Winner of Best European Film at the Bodil Awards 1965
Nominated for Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 1964

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Duration

115 min

Country

France

Language

French, English, Portuguese (English Subtitles)

Cast

Françoise Dorléac, Jean Desailly, Daniel Ceccaldi

Director

François Truffaut