Underplayed Gems

Beauty and the Beast (2014)

Beauty and the Beast poster
Original title
La Belle et la Bête
Directed by
Christophe Gans
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, romance film, cinematic fairy tale
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 2,198 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman named Belle agrees to live with a cursed beast in his enchanted castle to save her father. She discovers the beast is more than his monstrous appearance suggests.

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What happens

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 2014 romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo-Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars Léa Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast. The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was released in France on 12 February 2014 to generally mixed-to-negative reviews, yet was a box office success. It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 27th European Film Awards. It also received three nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Production Design for Thierry Flamand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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