---
title: 'The Soft Skin (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'François Truffaut'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Portugal'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-soft-skin-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058458/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Soft Skin (1964)

1964 · 113 min · Drama · France, Portugal

Original title: La Peau douce

## Synopsis

The Soft Skin is a 1964 romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac and Nelly Benedetti. Written by Truffaut and Jean-Louis Richard, it follows a married successful writer and lecturer who meets and has an affair with a flight attendant half his age. 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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Louis Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-richard), [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut)
- **Director:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joseph Haydn](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-haydn), [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [António da Cunha Telles](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-da-cunha-telles)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard)

## Cast

- [Sabine Haudepin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabine-haudepin)
- [Philippe Dumat](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-dumat)
- [Charles Lavialle](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lavialle)
- [Jean Desailly](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-desailly)
- [Françoise Dorléac](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-dorleac)
- [Maurice Garrel](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-garrel)
- [Jean-Louis Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-richard)
- [Nelly Benedetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelly-benedetti)
- [Daniel Ceccaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-ceccaldi)
- [Jean Lanier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-lanier)
- [Paule Emanuele](https://cinepixo.com/people/paule-emanuele)
- [Laurence Badie](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-badie)

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