Jacques Demy

Uniquely romantic and poetic among French new wave film-makers, Jacques Demy was a natural for the genre of fairy tale. And so he adapted the legendary children's tale Peau D'Ane (a.k.a. Donkey Skin) by Charles Perrault, but with the Demy hall-mar...

Donkey Skin (2003)

Jacques Demy

Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig, Jean Marais

Children & Family, Romance, Sci-fi, Family, Fantasy, General Romance, Foreign, French

Marcello Mastroianni has taken on a wide variety of roles – but this may be the only time that he becomes pregnant! Jacques Demy's playfulness comes to the fore in a role-switching feature film that stars not only Marcello, but the stunning Cath...

A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)

Jacques Demy

Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni

Comedy, General Comedy, Foreign, French

Jacques Demy was responsible for a unique collection of cinema unlike any other. And central to his reputation was the brace of song-based feature films -- Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and this superb film, 'The Young Girls of Rochefort. To describe it as ...

The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

Jacques Demy

Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Francoise Dorleac

Romance, Musical, General Romance

Jacques Demy remains, even today, a unique film-maker. Most agree that this film, made in 1964, was his greatest work. It's an all singing narrative feature centred around the luminous beauty of Catherine Deneuve, and the joyous musical compositions o...

Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Jacques Demy

Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel

Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Musical, Foreign, French