PEAU D'ÂNE
by Jacques Demy
synopsis
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?
original title: | Peau d'âne |
country: | France |
year: | 1970 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jacques Demy |
film run: | 91' |
release date: | FR 20/12/1970, ES 27/09/1971, FI 22/10/1971, PT 20/12/1971, PL 03/1974, SE 01/11/1974, DE 25/12/1997, UA 20/07/2019, GR 16/07/2020 |
screenplay: | Jacques Demy |
cast: | Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin |
cinematography by: | Ghislain Cloquet |
film editing: | Anne-Marie Cotret |
costumes designer: | Gitt Magrini |
producer: | Mag Bodard |