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The Soft Skin DVD

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The Soft Skin Summary France Released, Pal/region 2 Dvd: It Will Not Play On Standard Us Dvd Player. You Need Multi-region Pal/ntsc Dvd Player To View It In Usa/canada: Languages: French ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), Widescreen (1.66:1), Special Features: Black & White, Cast/crew Interview(s), Commentary, Documentary, Interactive Menu, Trailer(s), Synopsis: Francois Truffaut Directed This Simple Tale Of Revenge And Adultery Which Features An Exceptional Musical Score By Georges Delerue. The Story Concerns A Love Affair Between Successful Literary Magazine Editor Pierre Lachenay (jean Desailly) And Alluring Airline Stewardess, Nicole Chomette (francoise Dorleac). They Meet On A Flight To Lisbon, Where Pierre Is Scheduled To Deliver A Lecture. When He Returns To Paris, They Continue Their Affair, But Find It Is Difficult To Set Up Their Clandestine Trysts, So Pierre Arranges A Lecture Trip To Riems, Where They Can Be Together. In Riems However, Pierre Finds It Difficult To Keep The Affair A Secret From His Lecture Sponsors. Upon His Return To Paris, His Wife Franca (nelly Benedetti), Suspicious Her Husband Is Having An Affair, Quarrels With Pierre, Who Leaves Her And Asks Nicole To Marry Him. Nicole Refuses His Proposition And Pierre Attempts To Reconcile With His Wife. But Nelly, With A Gun In Her Bag, Is En Route To Surprise Pierre At His Favorite Restaurant For A Final Confrontation. Screened/awarded At: Cannes Film Festival, ...the Soft Skin ( La Peau Douce ) ( Angústia )

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:
Director: François Truffaut
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 112 mins
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Binding: DVD
Studio: Cinema V
Release Date:
Region Code: 2
Specs: Anamorphic, PAL

Language & Subtitles French (Unknown - PCM Mono), English (Subtitled), French (Original Language - PCM Mono), English (Dubbed),