Donkey Skin (Peau d'Âne) (1970)

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Directed by

Jacques Demy

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Catherine Deneuve
La princesse / La reine bleue

Jean Marais
Le roi bleu

Jacques Perrin
Le prince charmant

Micheline Presle
La reine rouge, la seconde reine

Delphine Seyrig
La fée des Lilas

Fernand Ledoux
Le roi rouge, le seconde roi

Henri Crémieux
Le chef des médecins

Sacha Pitoëff
Le premier ministre

Written by

Charles Perrault
(fairy tale)

Jacques Demy
(written by)

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An average movie

12 years, 6 months ago at Oct 15 8:20

johanlefourbe

Since I'm a big fan of Catherine Deneuve, I was really curious about this flick. I must admit, she seemed to be a perfect choice to play a princess and she was indeed just mesmerizing. Furthermore, the costumes and set dressing were also pretty good. The story is a very famous fairytale in France and I guess it was a rather faithful adaptation but, honestly, I must say that I was rather bored duri... read more

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2 years, 4 months ago at Dec 12 0:46

fernando

(MU) Provocative fantasy ends somehow in some part of the film, and the story imposes its romantic classicism, fairytale with happy conventional ending. Semi musical, semi fantasy, semi achieved...

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Description: Donkey Skin reunites Catherine Deneuve with Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand, yet it's quite unlike The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or The Young Girls of Rochefort. Those 1960s musicals were set in some semblance of the modern world, but Donkey Skin, based on a fable by Charles Perrault, takes place in a fantastical fairyland, located somewhere between The Wizard of Oz and La Belle et la Bête. Jean Marais, Jean Cocteau’s Beast, is even the king of the kingdom. Alas, he's just lost his queen (Deneuve), whose dying wish is that he marry a woman more beautiful than she. Deranged by loss, he decides on his daughter (Deneuve again). She ... (more)

Release date: 20 December 1970
UPC: 741952304791

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“(MU) Provocative fantasy ends somehow in some part of the film, and the story imposes its romantic classicism, fairytale with happy conventional ending. Semi musical, semi fantasy, semi achieved...” read more

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