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

PG

Duration

115 min

Country

France

Language

French, English, Portuguese (English Subtitles)

Cast

Françoise Dorléac, Jean Desailly, Daniel Ceccaldi

Director

François Truffaut