Mankindfails I'm not from this generation so I was discovering Jean Marais movies. I didn't knew what this movie was about. I thought it was another swashbuckler movie.Having known what it was I would probably not have watched it out of prejudices specially against musical movies... It was like a good Disney classic with actors, this will also sound bad for lots of people I know. That's why I decided to write a review about it. To tell people that this movie isn't as bad as it may look like.Its not a dark movie for adults but its not aimed at children either which makes it very enjoyable even 44 years later for a young man like me who hates this type of movies.Also since its a fairy tale movie, the few parts where they sign not only don't look out of context but they even are a bit funny like in Disney movies.This movie is very well made specially for a movie from 1970. There isn't a lot of visual effects but the few they have are very good and simple.One issue is the theme being a bit too much about incest, it makes the whole thing a bit awkward but it doesn't ruin the movie.

adrian290357 I first watched this movie at 14 and I had forgotten most of it when I got hold of the DVD. From the start I could tell that the movie had an unusual angle, and that is was deconstructing the traditional fairy tale - but it went far beyond that and one of its qualities is that it never takes itself seriously. Deneuve is as stunning as ever; Perrin, Marais and especially Seyrig are most effective in supporting roles; the music is really gentle but highly effective; and the direction inspired. I think it is a film with far more to teach than critics would believe or allow. I am glad I found this film and saw it again. As for my kids, they felt it was far more advanced than anything kids see these days.

cyennne Apart from the costumes and the set design, I honestly can't understand the appeal of this film. I realize it's a film most likely made for 6-year-old girls, and what struck me was that it could very well be a launch for a deluxe Mattel Barbie doll set, (lilac Fairy Godmother, chest of gowns, and helicopter sold separately...)An incestuous King for a father, this princess with her blue skinned servants has nothing better to do than sing the same refrains of a love song on the Castle lawn...And that hapless little donkey, poor creature that excretes gold and silver coins at the pumping of its tail... This magical animal is slaughtered, its bloody skin, head and even its upper teeth intact, carried by a doting King to his princess/daughter/future bride's bedchamber on her capricious demand. That nobody seemed to find this disturbing puzzles me. My god, the skin was red on the inside and she wears it like a fur coat??? Well, I suppose that's fitting. What vampires these aristocrats are! If this is intended for children, then what are the values being promoted here? The prince she falls in love with - spoiled, indolent, over privileged... Who could care less about this airhead couple? The princess puts a ring in the cake she bakes for him. What a cliché, that the prince practically chokes on it provides one bit of comic relief at least – that and the parrot who echoes that sickening, "amour amour..." song that goes on and on through the film in that thin, brittle soprano.I expected a lot, especially upon reading someone raving about the soundtrack. A good score is important to me. But this music was more grating than any musical I'd ever heard. Such saccharine songs so sickeningly cycled throughout the film must have driven the crew batty by the time the editing was done. But then again, this probably was intended for very young children, so I shouldn't be so harsh. Then what of the 4 French "talking heads" segment in special features - (2 psychoanalysts, a professor of literature, and a film maker)who make so much of the film and take themselves far too seriously? Is it also intended for adults, then? As an ardent fan of French New Wave cinema, and the films of Jacques Demy's wife, Agnes Varda, and of all the films of Jean Cocteau, I expected the work of art that everyone touted the film as being – an homage to Cocteau as promised. All I could see that was savagely reminiscent of Cocteau were the blue skinned servants...slaves... what-have-you... Was the joke that this was a clever sequel to the Emperors new clothes?Despite the beauty of the sets, the camera work was largely stationary and not very imaginative. The lighting didn't have much mood or variation either. The light outside was pallid and lacking shadow. If there were any artistic merit to this, I'd give all the credit to the costume and set designers.

Cristian Without a doubt, Jacques Demy brings to world one of the most exquisite movies, full of color and music, and "Peau d'âne " is not the exception. This movie is a wonderful adaptation of Charles Perrault tale about a princess who must be disguised by a donkey skin, so in this way the king don't find her and marry her. "Peau d'âne " is a distinguished musical fantasy, full of unforgettable characteristics of charm. Catherine Deneuve, who is the princess, as always, is fantastic and beautiful. The scenario is surprising, worthy of a fairy tale, each aspect is delicate and preserved. The songs are beautiful too, and very sticky. Other thing are its characters, all builds a perfect tale of funny situations.Is undoubtedly that Jacques give to its movies a special and magical touch, that, between fantasy and reality are mixed to gives us a time of joy and tears, or both and " Peau d'âne" counts with that. Is a funny and beautiful story, each situation is memorable as its characters: We love the Princess character, as all the royalty and all the people of the town, but what make "Peau d'âne" more unforgettable is all the fantastic or funny situations that the characters are confronted in colors and songs (As memorable could be describe for example the sequences of the"Dress of time" and "The ring test"). "Peau d'âne" also counts with different technical methods, which develop more the previous characteristics, as are the slow camera and the "same scene" repetitions."Peau d'âne" is one of that classic tales that, in the case, as i am, you have not heard or read before, this is a great adaptation of it. As we remember other tales by Perrault, this is undoubtedly faithful. "Peau d'âne" is, sincerely, an indispensable movie for all the lovers of magic.*Sorry for the mistakes...well, if there any.