Tues, 25th, 6.30pm, Alliance française Auditorium
Peau d'Âne, by Jacques Demy
This 1970 French musical film directed by Jacques Demy was adapted from Donkeyskin, a fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It stars Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais, with music by Michel Legrand.
On her deathbed, the queen of a strange and distant land asks her husband, the king, never to marry again anyone less beautiful than she. But in the whole kingdom, the only one woman who is more beautiful than the dead queen is his very own young daughter...
