Once Upon a Time

Peau d'âne, feature film, 1970

DIRECTED BY: Jacques Demy

Once Upon a Time

CAST:
Catherine Deneuve (princeza / “magareća koža”),
Jean Marais (kralj),
Jacques Perrin (princ),
Delphine Seyrig (vila),
Micheline Presle

SCRIPT:
Jacques Demy (prema istoimenoj bajci Charlesa Perraulta)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ghislain Cloquet

Synopsis:
This is a film adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale about a king who promises his dying wife that he will not marry a less pretty woman than herself. Because of such an unusual demand the king chooses his own daughter, the princess. In order to avoid this destiny the princess, with help from a fairy, starts asking for impossible things as her wedding gifts…

color, 89 min