It’s gotta be my favorite Jacques Demy. It’s fantastical and stunning in a way I feel a lot of films wish they were. It’s super bizarre and campy and it feels just like a dream. I would also recommend Belle du Jour and The Blood of a Poet
his films are so expressive and fantastical and above all beautiful in the photos:
the young girls of rochefort (1967)
the umbrellas of cherbourg (1964)
bay of angels (1963)
donkey skin (1970)
This is one of my childhood films, it’s known in France and I don’t know if it’s been exported a lot but I love it ! It’s by Jacques Demy, THE French musical film director, and tells the story of donkey skin (based on a Grimm story I believe). The costumes ! The Colors ! The songs ! Catherine Deneuve ! Random people with blue skin ! It’s all good It all really creates a very whimsical fairy tale atmosphere that’s PERFECT Anyway watch it with subtitles, I’m guessing dubbed musicals are really bad Here is the trailer
donkey skin is a 70s french fairy tale musical, i feel like i cannot sell it any more than this haha. most films by jacques demy have this beautiful dreamlike quality to them and donkey skin is no exception - fun & beautiful, i 100% recommend!
