1970 · musical · fantasy · french
Donkey Skin
Directed by Jacques Demy1h 30m1970
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Our read: Donkey Skin (1970) reads as a cosy, steady, surreal musical · fantasy · french entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, steady, gentle musical / fantasy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- gentle
- inventive
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How Donkey Skin feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a candy-colored Demy musical fairy tale with dark edges.”
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