(aka "Angústia", or "Silken Skin" or " The Soft Skin")
U.S. 1964
Known for his personal cinema, François Truffaut understood the territory
explored in The Soft Skin intimately, even though he claimed that the story was
based on newspaper accounts. Borrowing the surname of his best friend from
childhood to serve as a tribute, protagonist Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly)
could easily represent Truffaut's secret alter-ego, as the famous director
discretely engaged in a number of adulterous affairs that eventually led to the
breakup of his own marriage. The film follows a well-known publisher/scholar
(specializing in Balzac), who becomes infatuated with an airline stewardess
during a lecture tour in Lisbon and then hopelessly entangled as he pursues the
doomed affair.
A classic case of mid life crisis, Lachenay has grown comfortable with his
bourgeois lifestyle, despite having an attractive, adoring wife, Franca (Nelly
Benedetti) and a responsive young daughter, Sabine (Sabine Haudepin).
Ironically, his new mistress Nicole (Françoise Dorléac) is far cooler than his
wife, frequently holding Pierre at arm's length whenever feeling their trysts
too sordid. And this is most of the time since Paris isn't a safe location—they
must travel to outlying towns and seek second rate hotels to avoid discovery.
Excerpt of John Nesbitt's review at CultureDose.net located HERE
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Theatrical Release: April 20th, 1964 - France
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No point in wasting time, just buy the 12 Truffaut DVD set - all with
English subtitles and many extras with English subs.
Includes - Jules et Jim, La Peau douce (The Soft Skin), Les Deux anglaises
et le continent (Two English Girls), La Femme d'à côté
(The Woman Next Door), Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro), Les
400 coups (The 400 Blows), Baisers volés (Stolen Kisses), Domicile conjugal
(Bed and Board), L'Amour en
fuite (Love on the Run), Vivement dimanche !
(Confidentially Yours), Tirez sur le pianiste (Shhot the Pianist),
and Fahrenheit 451.
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| Runtime | 1:57:28 | 1:52:40 (4% PAL speedup) |
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Release Information: Studio: Fox Lorber Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterbox - 1.54:1 Edition Details: • All Regions • Black & White • Production notes • Vintage Truffaut Trailer Collection • Widescreen letterbox format
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Recommended Reading on Truffaut / French Cinema (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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The Films in My Life |
François Truffaut by Annette Insdorf |
HITCHCOCK (REVISED EDITION)
by Helen G. Scott, Francois Truffaut |
The French New Wave: An Artistic School by Michel Marie, Richard John Neupert, Richard Neupert |
A History of the French New Wave Cinema by Richard Neupert |
French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno |
French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present by Remi Fournier Lanzoni |
Truffaut: A Biography by Antoine do Baecque and Serge Toubiana |
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