Happily Ever After?: Transgressive Desires and Gender Roles in 'Donkey Skin'

An adaptation of one of Charles Perrault's lesser-known fairytales, Jacques Demy's Donkey Skin is a classic French musical that is equal parts dark and playfully surreal. Analysing the film's subtle commentary on age-old romantic narrative tropes, Joanna Di Mattia explores its subversive undercurrents.

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Beyond the Multiplex, senior secondary, fairytale, world cinema, Charles Perrault, Jacques Demy, Catherine Deneuve, French New Wave, gender