Donkey Skin (Peau d'âne)

1970
France
100 min
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.