Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.
Francois Truffaut's "The Soft Skin" is being revived at the very moment when it seems uncannily prophetic
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
26 May 2011
fresh:
Francois Truffaut's fourth feature, The Soft Skin, has never gotten much respect -- even though many people (myself included) regard it as one of his best.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
8 Mar 2011
fresh:
Truffaut does show that he can make a solidly carpentered film like anybody else.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
[A] steely 1964 study in the cruel mechanics of illicit love.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
It's a curiously crude and hackneyed drama to come from Mr. Truffaut, but this way of using his actors and working his camera is up to his style.