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Françoise Dorléac
Nicole
Jean Desailly
Pierre Lachenay
Nelly Benedetti
Franca Lachenay
Daniel Ceccaldi
Clément
Laurence Badie
Ingrid
Philippe Dumat
Directeur Cinéma Reims
Paule Emanuele
Odile
Maurice Garrel
Bontemps
Sabine Haudepin
Sabine Lachenay
Dominique Lacarrière
La Secrétaire Dominique
Jean Lanier
Michel
Pierre Risch
Chanoine
Maurice Magalon
Carnero
Lisbon Organizer (uncredited)
Georges de Givray
Le Père de Nicole (uncredited)
Catherine-Isabelle Duport
Jeune Fille Reims (uncredited)
Maximiliènne Harlaut
Mme. Leloix (uncredited)
Charles Lavialle
Veilleur Hôtel Michelet (uncredited)
Gérard Poirot
Franck (Co-pilot) (uncredited)
Olivia Poli
Mme. Bontemps (uncredited)
Thérèse Renouard
Caissière (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Richard
Man in Street (uncredited)
François Truffaut
Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
Brigitte Zhendre-Laforest
Livreuse Linge (uncredited)

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A review by CRCulver

Written by CRCulver on Wed Jul 25 2018

Paris's then-brand-new Orly airport and the still novel phenomenon of air travel form the backdrop for Francois Truffaut's 1964 feature LA PEAU DOUCE ("The Soft Skin"). Pierre (Jean Desailly) is a French publisher who has established an enviable successful bourgeois life and home, married to Italian wife Franca (Nelly Benedetti) and with a little girl. But on a trip to Portugal for a conference, Pierre gives into a fling with his stewardess Nicole (Françoise Dorléac). They struggle to keep their affair secret, and Pierre is torn between a desire to fully give himself to his mistress, or hang on...