cinematography
Elin Kirschfink
editing
Virginie Bruant
music
Bryce Dessner
Claire Pommet
Eddy de Pretto
sound
Jean-Paul Guirado
Katia Boutin
Paul Heymans
Thomas Gaudert
production design
Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba
costumes
Thierry Delettre

cast
Claire Pommet (Blanche)
Catherine Deneuve (Yolande)
Karin Viard (Bertille)
Stefan Crépon (Léonard)
Louis Peres (Melchior)
Eddy de Pretto (Tancrède)
Melha Bedia (Adèle)
Laurent Stocker
(Charles Auguste)

productions
Karé Productions
Trésor Films
co-productions
France 3 Cinéma
Marcel Films
Emmanuelle Oudéa
Umedia
producers
Antoine Rein
Fabrice Goldstein
Alain Attal

in collaboration with
Disney+
HBO Max
France Télévisions
with the support of
Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée
Région Occitanie en partenariat avec le CNC
Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral de Belgique et des investisseurs Tax Shelter
PROCIREP
ANGOA
Sacem
in association with
Palatine Étoile 23
Cinémage 20
La Banque Postale Image 19
Cofimage 37
Cineaxe 7
uFund

world sales
Playtime
info@playtime.group

In 1480, or thereabouts, as Princess Blanche prepares to wed the handsome prince of a neighboring kingdom, her father decides to marry her to Melchior, his coarse army commander whom she barely knows. Devastated, she asks for help from her godmother, who reveals that she is in possession of a mysterious “skin” which, once worn, will allow Blanche to become a man and thus get to know her fiancé incognito.

2026 Peau d’homme
2024 Bernadette

“For me, the first challenge of Peau d’homme was to approach the theme of gender in a modern and playful way, which is why I wanted to make it a true comedy, but also a musical. And through the lens of this lightness, the film explores deeper questions: what are we allowed to do when we’re a man or a woman? What has defined us, depending on whether we’re born a girl or a boy? Since the film is set in the Middle Ages, it serves as a mirror reflecting the issues of our own time: a kingdom crippled by drought where religion presents itself as the savior, going so far as to decide for people who they are, what they must do, and whom they are allowed to love.” (Léa  Domenach)

After studying philosophy in Paris, Léa Domenach attended the Film School at Columbia University in New York, where she directed her first short film. Back in France, she directed several feature film making-of documentaries before moving on to television documentaries. She then wrote short-form comedy programs and went on to create and write TV series that include Jeune et Golri, whose first season won the Best Series Award at the Série Mania Festival. Bernadette (The President's Wife), her first feature film as a director, premiered in 2023 at the Toronto FIlm Festival and received nominations for the César Awards and the Lumière Awards in the Best First Feature category. Peau d’homme (A Man's Skin) is her second feature film.