Beauty and the Beast (2014)

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

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.

romanticdarkfairy-talevisually ornateslow-pacedmelancholicmysterious

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)

Trailer

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