What is Beauty and Beast / Donkey Skin about?

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (LA BELLE ET LA BETE), 1946, Janus Films, 93 min. The first feature directed by Jean Cocteau was a labor of love that attests to the imagination and perseverance of Cocteau and his entire production team in the face of severe deprivations under the Nazi occupation. One of the most enchanting films ever made. In French with English subtitles. DONKEY SKIN (PEAU D’ÂNE), 1970, 90 min. Jacques Demy's strange, lovely film tells the story of a devoted king (Jean Marais) who promises his dying wife (Catherine Deneuve, a Demy favorite) that his new queen will be equal to her in beauty. Of course no one can compare to Deneuve, which leaves the queen’s daughter (also played by Deneuve) as the sole contender. Heeding the advice of a bizarre fairy godmother (Delphine Seyrig), the princess delays her father's incestuous advances using a series of impossible dressmaking challenges. In French with English subtitles.

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What is Beauty and Beast / Donkey Skin about?: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (LA BELLE ET LA BETE), 1946, Janus Films, 93 min. The first feature directed by Jean Cocteau was a labor of love that attests to the imagination and perseverance of Cocteau and his entire production team in the face of severe deprivations under the Nazi occupation. One of the most enchanting films ever made. In French with English subtitles.
DONKEY SKIN (PEAU D’ÂNE), 1970, 90 min. Jacques Demy's strange, lovely film tells the story of a devoted king (Jean Marais) who promises his dying wife (Catherine Deneuve, a Demy favorite) that his new queen will be equal to her in beauty. Of course no one can compare to Deneuve, which leaves the queen’s daughter (also played by Deneuve) as the sole contender. Heeding the advice of a bizarre fairy godmother (Delphine Seyrig), the princess delays her father's incestuous advances using a series of impossible dressmaking challenges. In French with English subtitles.