The soft skin - La peau douce (1964) (s/w)

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François Truffaut’s dissection of infidelity is a subtle, humane account of the relationship between married literary publisher Pierre (Jean Desailly) and Nicole (Françoise Dorléac), the air stewardess he meets on a conference trip to Lisbon. As their differing wants and expectations become apparent, the consequences of the affair grow to be ever far-reaching and volatile.

pierre lachenay (jean desailly), a distinguished author and publisher with a wife and child, falls in love with a flight attendant, nicole (françoise dorléac). unable to decide between his wife and his mistress, pierre keeps going back and forth between the two. irritated, nicole leaves pierre, and an ironic, tragic twist of fate cuts short pierre's plants to reconcile his marriage.