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Release Date: 23 April, 2002 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: |
The Soft Skin Reviews
Keeps you simultaneously glued to the narrative and fearful of the outcome.
Both intriguing and frustrating - the latter because you want to reach into the screen and slap the protagonist on the side of the head. The plot seems to go mostly nowhere, yet is thoroughly engrossing. Character development is not thorough, but situational development is both thorough and meticulous. A great psychological exposition. Unfortunately, almost no extras.
death-like beauty
Due to its prominent Sixties love ethics, black and white 'La peau douce' shows a little old-fashioned now. Nevertheless Francois Truffaut convincingly leads you through all awkward complications, coming from a husband-with-a-mistress. Lets you really feel every tense and pain involved.
In retrospect the main fascination of this movie is to be found in the death-like beauty of its female lead Francoise Dorleac. Due to a car-accident in 1967, Dorleac's movie-career was short -- yet long enough to make everyone regret the waste of her great talent. A talent in beauty, in acting, as well as in dancing.
It's all in 'La peau douce' (= the soft skin). Have yourself carried back to Sixties-Paris, and enjoy the full deploy of Dorleac's impressive capacities.
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