In the grand scheme of cinema, Du Sel sur la Peau is a minor work. But in the niche world of French erotic drama, it is a relic of immense, aching power. The salt on the skin dries, flakes off, and is replaced by new salt. But the sting remains.
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The story follows , a wealthy, middle-aged French architect played by the late Jean-Pierre Kalfon (a regular in Philippe Garrel’s avant-garde films). Hervé is burned out. He is tired of Paris, tired of his bourgeois wife, and tired of his own cynicism. Seeking solace (or perhaps self-destruction), he flees to a remote, windswept villa on the coast of Sardinia . In the grand scheme of cinema, Du Sel