While traveling to Lisbon for a lecture, the famous middle-aged writer, publisher and lecturer Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) has one night stand with the young Panair do Brasil stewardess Nicole (Françoise Dorleac). Pierre becomes obsessed with flight attendant and schedules to travel with her to Reims for a lecture. Pierre hides his affair from his unbalanced wife Franca Lachenay (Nelly Benedetti), trying to spare their little daughter Sabine Lachenay (Sabine Haudepin) from a separation.
Pierre becomes obsessed with Nicole, misunderstanding her feelings and expectations, and decides to leave Franca to live with her. Meanwhile the unbalanced Franca finds a receipt of photos in Pierre's jacket and gets the evidence that Pierre is unfaithful to her, in the beginning of the tragic end of their relationship.
Many of François Truffault's movies are autobiographic or deals with problems in the communications of love. "La Peu Deuce" is a wonderful and tragic romance, with magnificent interpretations and stunning cinematography.
In the hands of another director, this movie could be a corny melodramatic story; in the hands of Truffault, this little gem becomes a credible, melancholic and intense love story of a weak man, probably in a middle-age crisis, and certainly having problems with his about fifteen years of marriage, that does not see the real intentions of his lover, and destroys his family and himself with his attitude. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Um Só Pecado" ("Just One Sin")
Note: On 17 October 2011, I saw this film again.
Pierre becomes obsessed with Nicole, misunderstanding her feelings and expectations, and decides to leave Franca to live with her. Meanwhile the unbalanced Franca finds a receipt of photos in Pierre's jacket and gets the evidence that Pierre is unfaithful to her, in the beginning of the tragic end of their relationship.
Many of François Truffault's movies are autobiographic or deals with problems in the communications of love. "La Peu Deuce" is a wonderful and tragic romance, with magnificent interpretations and stunning cinematography.
In the hands of another director, this movie could be a corny melodramatic story; in the hands of Truffault, this little gem becomes a credible, melancholic and intense love story of a weak man, probably in a middle-age crisis, and certainly having problems with his about fifteen years of marriage, that does not see the real intentions of his lover, and destroys his family and himself with his attitude. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Um Só Pecado" ("Just One Sin")
Note: On 17 October 2011, I saw this film again.