Taglines: The eternal triangle at its most eternal.
The Soft Skin movie storyline. Pierre Lachenay, successful literary magazine editor and family man, meets Nicole Chomette, an airline stewardess, while traveling to a lecture engagement in Lisbon; and they begin an affair that continues after their return to Paris. Because meetings are difficult, Pierre arranges a lecture trip to Reims so that they can be together; but the difficulties arising from his attempts to keep the affair secret from his lecture sponsors result in an awkward and unsuccessful time for the lovers.
Upon his return to Paris, his suspicious wife, Franca, quarrels with him, and he leaves her, determined upon divorce and marriage to Nicole. But Nicole rejects his proposal, and Pierre fails to reach his wife by telephone to plan a reconciliation. Franca, having had her suspicion of his infidelity confirmed, goes to the restaurant where she knows she will find him and shoots him.
The Soft Skin (French: La Peau Douce) is a 1964 French-Portuguese romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, and Nelly Benedetti. Written by Truffaut and Jean-Louis Richard, the film is about a successful married publisher and lecturer who meets a beautiful air hostess with whom he has a love affair.
The film was shot on location in Paris, Reims, and Lisbon, and several scenes were filmed at Paris-Orly Airport. At the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Palme d’Or. Despite Truffaut’s recent success with Jules and Jim and The 400 Blows, The Soft Skin did not do well at the box office.
Filming Locations
Lisbon, Portugal
Paris-Orly Airport, Orly, Val-de-Marne, France
Paris, France
Reims, Marne, France
The Soft Skin (1964)
Directed by: François Truffaut
Starring: Jean Desailly, Françoise, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi, Laurence Badie, Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Dumat, Dominique Lacarrière, Paule Emanuele, Jean Lanier
Screenplay by: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard
Production Design by: Marcel Berbert, Gérard Poirot
Cinematography by: Raoul Coutard
Film Editing by: Claudine Bouché
Costume Design by: Renée Rouzot
Makeup Department: Nicole Félix
Music by: Georges Delerue
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Athos Films
Release Date: April 20, 1964 (France)
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