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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema V
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema V
  • 1 h 53 m
The Soft Skin (1969)

Summary (1964) It’s a coup de foudre as 40ish celebrity literary critic (well, they’re French) Jean Desailly meets 20ish stewardess Françoise Dorléac on a Lisbon lecture jaunt. Just a mid-life crisis fling — right? — but then he decides to pursue things back in Paris, where he’s already got a busy, satisfying career, an elegant apartment, an ado...

Directed By: François Truffaut

Written By: Jean-Louis Richard, François Truffaut

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema V
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema V
  • 1 h 53 m

The Soft Skin (1969)

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary (1964) It’s a coup de foudre as 40ish celebrity literary critic (well, they’re French) Jean Desailly meets 20ish stewardess Françoise Dorléac on a Lisbon lecture jaunt. Just a mid-life crisis fling — right? — but then he decides to pursue things back in Paris, where he’s already got a busy, satisfying career, an elegant apartment, an ado...

Directed By: François Truffaut

Written By: Jean-Louis Richard, François Truffaut

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100
Mar 9, 2011
The excitement in The Soft Skin, however, gives way to an intense tragedy that's INFORMED by the thrills.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 8, 2011
The Soft Skin is a movie about the agony and ecstasy of an extramarital affair. Truffaut treats it like a crime film-low-key yet tense, filled with carefully planted potential "clues" and an undercurrent of anxiety.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
75
May 25, 2011
What it comes down to is: Pierre is a lousy adulterer. He lacks the desire, the reason and the skill.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 8, 2011
Redemptively, the cast goes a long way: Jean Desailly is perfect as a jowly literary celeb deep in midlife crisis, while the aloof Françoise Dorléac is magnetic as his airline stewardess and all-too-scrutable love object.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
7.2
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Production Company Les Films du Carrosse, Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF), Simar Films
Release Date Mar 11, 2011
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The Eternal Triangle At Its Most Eternal
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Awards

Bodil Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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