Has a charming frivolity at times. Some of the songs are disappointing, though, and the whole thing just feels trivial.

"There's plenty of disguised sex in Donkey Skin." - Ed Gonzalez

At times very enjoyable mixing a hyper-colourful fairytale world with moments of odd, charming quirkiness and moments of dreamy beauty bordering on surrealism. Admittedly it plunges head-first in to kitsch at times (though even when it does it does so in a kind of charming way), and it does feel kind of empty, but I liked it.

Another Demy/LeGrand/Deneuve collaboration, this time a fairytale in the "Cinderella" vein. Magic, fairy godmothers, incest, a donkey that shits jewels, a helicopter, gorgeous colors and costumes, and Catherine Deneuve strutting about wearing an animal carcass. The end result is very charming with a mischievous surrealist bent. A couple of the songs are forgettable, but others are truly wonderful. Ought to appeal to any fan of La Belle et la Bete (it evens stars Jean Marais).

Never heard of this fairy tale before and I'm glad I haven't - creeeepy. Disappointing coming from Demy. Cherbourg's use of color was stunning but this just felt like an exercise in trying to rehash the magic of that film. A few good moments but overall boring and way too by the book.