A wealthy man who possess a magical donkey desires to marry his own daughter. In exchange for her consent, she asks him to kill the donkey, the source of his wealth. She escapes under the donkey's skin, earning the nickname "Donkey skin"
Even on paper this couldn't have seemed such a terrific idea.
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Roger Ebert
RTChicago Sun-TimesAug 11, 2005
Donkey Skin is 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.
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Dan Callahan
RTSlant MagazineMay 9, 2005
There's plenty of disguised sex in Donkey Skin.
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Saffron Maeve
RTScreen SlateJul 2, 2022
A work so warmly assured that it eludes the parabolic quality of its source material, censuring nothing but laughing at everything.