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Peau d'âne (1970) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 10, 2005
Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country France
Production Companies
Marianne Productions S.A., Parc Film
Studio CIC, Marianne Productions, Parc Films
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Peau d'âne (1970)
• Donkey Skin
• Eselshaut (1970)
• Magic Donkey
• Once Upon a Time
• Dos Cruces En Danger Pass
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Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Family, Musical, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Marriage, Experimental
Plot: Jacques Demy takes his unique and musical vision to the world of fairy tales in this fantastical film. Based on a story by Charles Perrault, DONKEY SKIN takes place in an amorphous medieval kingdom of a king (Jean Marais), his queen, and their beautiful daughter, the princess (Catherine Deneuve). When the queen dies, the king takes an oath that he will only marry a woman more beautiful than she. Unable to find such a woman, the king settles upon the unlikely candidate of his daughter. In horror the princess flees, helped by her sassy fairy godmother (Delphine Seyrig). Mystical, surreal, and fantastical events as well as several musical numbers by Demy's longtime collaborator, Michel Legrand, lead the princess to flee the castle in the skin of her father's favorite donkey (it had bowel movements of jewels and gold). Her new existence as a filthy scullion named "Donkey Skin" is thankless and sad, and the princess longs for love. When a neighboring Prince comes to town a romance is born, and proceedings of epic fairy tale proportions lead the prince and the former princess "Donkey Skin" together, bringing this extravagantly filmed, whimsical and decorative tale full circle.
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Jacques Demy
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les, Lola |
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Jacques Demy
Jacquot de Nantes, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les | |
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 | Jean Marais
Stealing Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Misérables, Les | Jacques Perrin
Brotherhood of the Wolf, Nuovo cinema Paradiso, The Travelling Birds | | Delphine Seyrig
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Stolen Kisses, The Redness of the Lips | | Henri Crémieux
Orpheus, Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les, Testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!, Le | |
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