France,
1970, 100 min
Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff, Jean Servais, Patrick Préjean, Michel Mardore (more)Plots(1)
Catherine Deneuve stars as a Princess whose father, the King (Jean Marais), seeks her hand in marriage after promising his dying wife to only wed a woman more beautiful than she. Listening to her godmother, the Fairy of Lilacs (Delphine Seyrig), the frightened Princess flees to a neighboring farm and hides as a scullery maid, while wearing the skin of her father's prized donkey as a disguise. A visiting Prince passes by, and an unlikely romance is born. (official distributor synopsis)
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