The Soft Skin

France  d/ F. Truffaut   Francois Dorleac

A prominent intellectual becomes infatuated with an airline stewardess which leads to the slow motion unraveling of his life. And then some.

Beautifully constructed throughout. The way he tells it, the way it's shot, edited gave it an emotional impact rare in these kinds of stories. It was clean, clear, heartbreaking, real. This was the first conventional film he made after the three new Wave films that put him on every cinefile's radar. To my eye this was stronger, less gimmicky...a real tour de force of filmmaking technique.

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