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The Soft Skin
La Peau douce
Directed by François Truffaut
1964•1h 53m•NR•★ 7.5
Drama / Romance
Synopsis
A distinguished, middle-aged literary scholar and magazine editor traveling to Lisbon for a lecture embarks on a clandestine, reckless affair with a youthful air stewardess, destroying his bourgeois marriage with agonizing moral precision. François Truffaut and Coutard's chilling, Hitchcockian dissecting of adultery and domestic catastrophe.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorFrançois Truffaut
WriterJean-Louis RichardFrançois Truffaut
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
MusicGeorges Delerue
Principal Cast
Françoise DorléacNicole
Jean DesaillyPierre Lachenay
Nelly BenedettiFranca Lachenay
Daniel CeccaldiClément
Laurence BadieIngrid
Philippe DumatDirecteur Cinéma Reims
Maurice GarrelBontemps
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Runtime1h 53m (113 mins)
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DirectorFrançois Truffaut
LanguagesFrench, English
CountryFR, PT
StudioLes Films du Carrosse • SEDIF Productions
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