Donkey Skin (Peau d'âne)

• 1970
• France
• 1h 40min
• PG

• Directed by: Jacques Demy
• Written by: Jacques Demy, Charles Perrault
• Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig
• Language: French

Bizarre musical fantasy about a king (Marais) who promises his dying wife (Deneuve) he will only re-marry someone more beautiful than her. But when he settles on his own daughter (also Deneuve), the fairy godmother descends and whisks the girl away, hiding her in a forest cottage and cloaking her in animal hide.

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