La Peau douce (Blu-ray)

A successful academic’s life is changed forever when a whirlwind affair throws his life into disarray, in François Truffaut’s celebrated romantic drama.

Strongly influenced by the work of Jean Renoir and Alfred Hitchcock, La Peau douce is one of Truffaut’s most subtle and engaging films - an exhilarating and suspenseful vision of masculinity in crisis.

Featuring a trio of exceptional lead performances and bold Raoul Coutard camerawork, this underrated masterpiece thrills and beguiles all the way until its shocking conclusion.

• Presented in High Definition
• Feature commentary by La Peau douce co-writer Jean-Louis Richard, with contributions from film critic and journalist Serge Toubiana
• Between Masters at War: Truffaut and the Lessons of Alfred Hitchcock and Roberto Rossellini (2022, 18 mins): film academic Pasquale Iannone considers how the work of Truffaut was influenced by two great directors
• Paris Through the Lens (1900-1910, 9 mins): precious glimpses of the sprawling city Truffaut loved from the BFI National Archive
• Old Portugal at the Ocean’s Edge (1896, 1 min): mesmerising early film fragments, shot near Lisbon long before it provided the setting for illicit love in La Peau douce
• Original theatrical trailer
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet including essays by Catherine Wheatley and Kieron McCormack and notes on Old Portugal at the Ocean’s Edge by BFI curator William Fowler