Donkey Skin
1970 · Movie · 100 min. · France
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?
Direction Jacques Demy
Cast Catherine Deneuve · Jean Marais · Jacques Perrin · Micheline Presle · Delphine Seyrig · Fernand Ledoux · Henri Crémieux · Sacha Pitoeff · Pierre Repp · Jean Servais · Georges Adet · Annick Berger
Soundtrack Michel Legrand
Screenplay Jacques Demy · Charles Perrault
Cinematography Ghislain Cloquet
Original title Peau d'âne
6.5
744 votes (FilmAffinity)
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