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Cast
- Catherine DeneuveLa princesse "Peau d'âne"
- Jacques PerrinLe prince charmant
- Jean MaraisLe roi
- Delphine SeyrigLa fée
- Fernand LedouxLe roi rouge
- Micheline PresleLa reine rouge
- Sacha PitoëffLe premier ministre
- Henri CrémieuxLe chef des médécins
- Pierre ReppThibaut
- Louise ChevalierLa vieille fermière
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Tuneful, colorful, delightful. - 88
Boston Globe
It's practically a primer on how to rework a literary classic into an impressively restrained movie with something fresh and intelligent to say. - 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's both innocent and bizarre, with a mischievous sense of fantasy marked by simple but striking cinematic magic. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Told with the simplicity and beauty of a child's fairy tale, but with emotional undertones and a surrealistic style that adults are more likely to appreciate. - 60
Village Voice
Seasonally it's more appropriate as a May Day bacchanal, but in any month Demy's movie makes for an evocative globe-paperweight tableau of its place and time, and a concise demonstration of the disquietude inherent in classic fairy tales. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
An enjoyable hour-and-a-half for adults that creates a wholly unique world of colorful sets, costumes, and characters. - 50
Chicago Reader
It doesn't come off, despite a dazzling color design and imaginative sets, perhaps because Demy's extremely rarefied talent for fantasy needs to be anchored by a touch of the real.
