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Donkey Skin (Peau D'Ane) Movie Review

Starring: 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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Composition of Movie
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
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlng, wavy
Body type - ample chest & buttocks (woman)
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - skinny (man)
Ethnicity - White
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average Intelligence
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

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

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - funny
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - French
Subtitles? - Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Broadway musical
Is this movie based on a - book
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