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Donkey Skin (Peau D'Ane) Movie Review Summary

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle

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DONKEY SKIN, a lyrical fantasy based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault, takes place in a mythical kingdom where a queen's dying wish is that her husband remarry someone more beautiful than she. Unfortunately that woman turns out to be their daughter (played by Deneuve). After consulting her Fairy, the Princess conceives several schemes to escape her father, finally escaping in the skin of his favorite donkey and hiding in the outer reaches of the kingdom. In her new persona of "Donkey Skin," the princess lives life as a simple scullion, but eventually a handsome prince discovers the princess in hiding.
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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 10%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 60% **Fantasy or Science Fiction?**    -   fantasy story on another world/distant past Romance    -   Yes Romance Plotlets:    -   love forbidden by society Family Relations    -   Yes

Main Character

Identity:    -   Female Profession/status:    -   Prince/Nobleman/King Age:    -   a teen Has special powers?    -   Yes Magical/mental powers of main character:    -    Invisibility    -   can change shapes    -   teleportation Ethnicity/Nationality    -   French

Setting

Earth setting:    -   17th century Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes Forests?    -   Yes Misc settings    -   fort/castle    -   small town

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately detailed references to deaths Tone of movie    -   funny Is this movie based on a    -   book

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