Donkey Skin
1970·France·100 min.
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The education of a princess wrapped in a love story. A king and queen live happily until her sudden death. The king decides to marry his lovely daughter. She's willing, but the Lily Fairy serves as a social conscience, intent on thwarting incest. She instructs the princess to request a series of dresses impossible to make; however, the king's tailor succeeds. So the fairy plots the princess's escape, wearing the skin of the king's prize donkey. She's spirited away to be a scullery maid dressed in the noisome skin. A wandering prince sees her in the woods and is smitten. Can love find its course, and does the princess learn a lesson of life's hardships?
DirectorJacques Demy
MusicMichel Legrand
CinematographyGhislain Cloquet
CastCatherine Deneuve·Jean Marais·Jacques Perrin·Micheline Presle·Delphine Seyrig·Fernand Ledoux·Henri Crémieux·Sacha Pitoeff·Pierre Repp·Jean Servais·Georges Adet·Annick BergerShow all
Original titlePeau d'âne