The Beautiful Beast (2006)
- Original title
- La belle bête
- Directed by
- Karim Hussain
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 4.2 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A single mother subjects her two children to abusive treatment in a remote setting. The story focuses on the toxic family dynamics and their destructive effects on each family member.
darkdisturbingintenseemotionally rawclaustrophobicbleakslow-burnunsettling
What happens
The Beautiful Beast (French: La Belle bête) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Karim Hussain and released in 2006. An adaptation of Marie-Claire Blais's 1959 novel Mad Shadows (La Belle bête), the film centres on a dysfunctional family headed by single mother Louise (Carole Laure), who has an abusive relationship with her children Patrice (Marc-André Grondin) and Isabelle-Marie (Caroline Dhavernas). The cast also includes David La Haye, Sébastien Huberdeau, Ludivine Reding, Normand Lévesque, Nicolas Girard Deltruc and Richard Tassé. The film premiered on October 11, 2006 at the Sitges Film Festival, before going into general release in Quebec on November 3. Patrick Watson and Dhavernas received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007, for the song "Trace-moi". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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