Donkey Skin

Demy adapted a fairy tale by Charles Perrault into an imaginative and colourful musical, brimming with irony, erotic undertones and even political commentary. The dialogue is spoken in a natural manner, but, carried along by Michel Legrand’s music, the actors frequently burst into song. A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.