Soft Skin, The (La Peau Douce)

One of Truffaut’s more neglected but essential films, The Soft Skin follows a well-known scholar (Jean Desailly) as he becomes infatuated with an airline stewardess (Françoise Dorléac) and hopelessly pursues the doomed affair.

Famously echoing Truffaut’s own life, this compelling drama is an essential follow-up to the director’s new wave films like The 400 Blows.

Critic Reviews:

• " Francois Truffaut's “The Soft Skin” is being revived at the very moment when it seems uncannily prophetic " – Roger Ebert

• " It's the work of a director operating at the height of his powers, and figuring out where he wanted to take his career after that first flash of inspiration. " – Keith Phipps

• " A mesmerizing morality play detailing the machinations of adultery and their deadly consequences. " – Glenn Heath Jr.