La peau de chagrin (1980)

4.4/10 140 min Drama

Overview

Raphaël de Valentin is a tormented, hopeless and penniless young aristocrat. An old antique dealer gives him a sorrowful skin that has the power to grant all the wishes of its owner. But he warns him: with each wish granted, the size of the skin will shrink.

Cast

Catriona MacColl

Comtesse Fœdora

Anne Caudry

Pauline Gaudin de Witschnau

Richard Fontana

Horace Bianchon

Jean-Marie Galey

Rastignac

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