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Crystel 2022-02-25 08:01:09

Although we note the same good eyes for details, "Soft Skin" is not a good Truffaut. What we are missing here is the director's hallmark irony and sardonic witticism, facing what is (inevitably) Absurd in romance. The wife's face shows great strength of character, and the man is weak and pathetic, as usual, but not in the puppy-ish, child-like ways in other Truffauts. There is little humor, and not enough background as to whether there is a pattern of philandering, or other aspects of the man's and the woman's character that can explain, first of all, why they are man and wife to start with; and second, why the abrupt tragic end.

A few things to look out for:
-The kitty in the breakfast tray;
-the leopard skin conversation;
-the extraordinarily inane conversation of the women.

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Extended Reading
  • Golda 2022-02-25 08:01:09

    Truffaut's fourth feature film is still good, the plot is laid out, and the details are quite calm and sophisticated.

  • Tomas 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    The 4.5 is so delicate. The small details like turning the lights on and off are particularly well used (the first time I made a successful date with my lover, I was so happy that I turned on all the black lights in the room; when I entered the lover's room, the lover turned on the lights, and the male protagonist immediately gave the lights back to him. Closed; and my wife will be at home after dinner, and the two have turned off all the lights along the way) The hand movements are also very delicate. The cowardice display of male love and hate is too typical and too real.

The Soft Skin quotes

  • Pierre Lachenay: I've learned that men's unhappiness arises from the inability to stay quietly in their own room.