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The Soft Skin DVD

NR (Not Rated) :: Fox Lorber :: Released: 1999-10-12

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The Soft Skin Summary François Truffaut's cool, creamy-smooth melodrama of a doomed affair sets the lush romanticism of exciting indiscretion in a world where sudden stabs of ominous music hint at a tragedy in the making. Jean Desailly is a famous literary critic and publisher who becomes entranced with the lithe, strikingly beautiful flight attendant (Françoise Dorleac) who keeps crisscrossing his path while he's away on a speaking engagement. He's middle-aged, successful, and seemingly happily married with a wife and daughter, but he plunges ahead with an affair, careful to avoid friends and familiar places. The Soft Skin is not really a thriller, but Truffaut invests it with Hitchcockian echoes of guilt and fear of discovery, and he meticulously plots scenes with the precision of a heist film. Pulling back the veneer of chic elegance and attractive confidence, Desailly emerges not so much sordid as vain and pathetic, and his wife (Nelly Benedetti) comes into her own with her heartbreaking discovery of his lies. At once angry, hurt, and threatened, she grasps at reconciliation while sabotaging her own efforts with frustrated attacks. It's an unusual film with sudden changes in tone that do little to prepare the viewer for the dark climax: the tragic side of Truffaut's fascination with philandering men that runs throughout his career. Fans will recognize the scene with the kitten who licks off the plate set out for room service--he re-created it in Day for Night. --Sean Axmaker

Techincal Details Cast: Jean Desailly, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi, Laurence Badie
Director: Francois Truffaut
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 113 mins
UPC: 720917511924
Binding: DVD
Studio: Fox Lorber
Release Date: 1999-10-12
Region Code: 0
Specs: Black & White, Letterboxed, Subtitled, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Subtitled), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo),