loudly; the stress of divorce after fifteen years of marriage is having an effect on him. Later, as he shows her their future apartment under construction, Nicole expresses regret at having become involved with him and breaks off their relationship. Meanwhile, Franca is given a photo shop receipt from one of Pierre's jackets by a dry cleaner and goes to pick up the photographs - the ones Pierre and Nicole took on their weekend away together. After seeing the photos, Franca goes home, gets a shotgun from her closet, drives to Le Val d'Isère Bar which Pierre frequents, walks up to his corner table, tosses the photos at him, and then shoots him dead. Cast Jean Desailly as Pierre Lachenay Françoise Dorléac as Nicole Nelly Benedetti as Franca Lachenay Daniel Ceccaldi as Clément Laurence Badie as Ingrid Sabine Haudepin as Sabine Lachenay Philippe Dumat as Movie theater manager in Reims Dominique Lacarrière as Lachenay's assistant Dominique Paule Emanuele as Odile Jean Lanier as Michel Maurice Garrel as Bontemps, the bookseller Pierre Risch as Chanoine François Truffaut as Gas station attendant (voice) Carnero as Lisbon organizer (uncredited) Georges de Givray as Nicole's father (uncredited) Catherine-Isabelle Duport as Young girl (uncredited) Maximiliènne Harlaut as Mme. Leloix (uncredited) Charles Lavialle as Night watchman at Hôtel Michelet (uncredited) Gérard Poirot as Franck, the co-pilot (uncredited) Olivia Poli as Mme. Bontemps (uncredited) Thérèse Renouard as Cashier (uncredited) Jean-Louis Richard as Man in street (uncredited) Brigitte Zhendre-Laforest as Linen delivery woman (uncredited) Production Filming locations Lisbon, Portugal Paris-Orly Airport, Orly, Val-de-Marne, France Paris, France Reims, Marne, France Reception The film did not perform well in the box office but received generally positive reviews upon its release. The stature of the film has continued to grow over the years. On the review aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 91% positive rating among critics based on 22 reviews. J. Hoberman of The Village Voice wrote a glowing review, stating "François 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." Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "uncannily prophetic". Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic wrote "Francois Truffaut's latest film is a failure. His triangle story is disappointingly trite in every regard and the conclusion, alas, is laughingly melodramatic." The film was selected into the Criterion