France,
1970, 100 min
Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff, Jean Servais, Patrick Préjean, Michel Mardore (more)Plots(1)
In this lovingly crafted, wildly eccentric adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, Jacques Demy casts Catherine Deneuve as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal - from her own father, the king (Jean Marais). A topsy-turvy riches-to-rags fable with songs by Michel Legrand, Donkey Skin creates a tactile fantasy world that’s perched on the border between the earnest and the satiric, and features Delphine Seyrig in a delicious supporting role as a fashionable fairy godmother. (Criterion)
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