PEACH SKIN (1929) Podcast | Nostalgic Flick

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Peau de pêche (English: Peach Skin) is a 1929 French silent drama directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein, adapted from the novel by Gabriel Maurière. Produced by Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert, the film blends social realism with poetic imagery, a hallmark of the directors’ style. It tells the coming-of-age story of an orphan boy from Montmartre whose blushing skin earns him the nickname “Peau de pêche.” Sent to live in the countryside, he grows up amid rural hardships, only to return to Paris years later still emotionally tied to his childhood friend and cousin. Praised for its sensitive portrayal of adolescence and its lyrical visual style, the film uses superimposition, pastoral imagery, and subtle anti-war symbolism to elevate a simple melodrama into a poignant meditation on innocence, memory, and the passage of time.