LE BOUCHER (FILM) - LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN --- THE WILD ASS'S SKIN (BOOK)

LE BOUCHER (FILM)

LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN - THE WILD ASS'S SKIN (BOOK)

THE WILD ASS'S SKIN
Honoré de Balzac
 
Written in 1831, the wild ass's skin tells the story of a shopkeeper who offers to Raphael de Valentin, a shagreen (a piece of wild ass's skin) from the days of King Salomon. This skin has the magical property of granting wishes! But it will come at a cost...

LE BOUCHER
Director : Claude Chabrol
1972
With :
Jean Yanne
Stéphane Audran

A tragic love story set in a charming French village, about 2 emotionally damaged characters : a schoolmistress who just arrived from Paris and the local butcher who just returned from war...