The Soft Skin (1964)

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The Soft Skin Blu-ray PRE-ORDER

• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary by screenwriter Jean-Louis Richard and François Truffaut scholar Serge Toubiana
• New video essay by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones
• Interview with Truffaut from 1965 about the film
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by critic Molly Haskell

François Truffaut followed up the international phenomenon Jules and Jim with this tense tale of infidelity. The unassuming Jean Desailly is perfectly cast as a celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, who embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, played by Françoise Dorléac, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion. Truffaut made The Soft Skin at a time when he was immersing himself in the work of Alfred Hitchcock, and that master’s influence can be felt throughout this complex, insightful, underseen French New Wave treasure.

http://www.criterion.com/films/27640-the-soft-skin