The Soft Skin [La peau douce]

François Truffaut (director, screenwriter)
Jean-Louis Richard (screenwriter)
Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorleac, Nelly Benedetti (starring)

Various cities: Les Films du Carrosse / SEDIF, Circa 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director François Truffaut and his longtime cinematographer Raoul Coutard setting up a shot with actress Françoise Dorleac on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso.

Truffaut's fourth film, about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess.

Truffaut and Coutard worked together on a number of films, including "Breathless" (1960), "Shoot the Piano Player" (1960), "Jules and Jim" (1962), and "The Bride Wore Black" (1968).

Set and shot on location in Portugal and France.

7 x 5 inches. Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000.


[Book #153961]