The 1970's French Fairy Tale For Adults: DONKEY SKIN
Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Seyrig, Jean Marais, Micheline Presle, and Jacques Perrin and a score by Demy’s frequent collaborator Michel Legrand.
Review: Donkey Skin
The films of Jacques Demy take adolescent romantic dreams and utterly vindicate them, by Dan Callahan
These are a few of my favourite things about a 1970s French musical called “Donkey Skin”: A giant cat throne, a surreal banquet with candy-coloured flora, a snow globe grave, talking roses and parrots, Catherine Deneuve as a Disney-esq…
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