Donkey Skin (Demy, 1970): Rio Cinema, 3pm
This screening is part of the 2025 Fashion in Film festival. Full details here.
Time Out review:
Even on paper this couldn't have seemed such a terrific idea, and Demy's
attempt to fuse Cocteau with Disney via one of Perrault's less
endearing conceits (a gold-shitting donkey) contrives to be both garish
and coyly tasteful. Catherine Deneuve sings four Michel Legrand
ballads whose resemblance to each other is matched by their resemblance
to the composer's earlier work, while a soppy Jacques Perrin emerges as more
Prince Charles than Prince Charming. To its credit are Delphine Seyrig as a chic, malicious Fairy Godmother, and Marais as the genuinely Cocteau-esque King.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is an extract.
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