The Beast in the Jungle (2023)

Original title

La Bête dans la jungle

Directed by

Patric Chiha

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Austria, Belgium

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman form a close bond over many years while she becomes convinced that something terrible is waiting to happen to him. Adapted from a Henry James novella, the film follows their relationship as they wait for a fate that may never come.

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What happens

The Beast in the Jungle (French: La Bête dans la jungle) is a 2023 drama film directed by Patric Chiha, from a screenplay by Chiha, Axelle Ropert and Jihane Chouaib, freely adapted from the 1903 novella of the same name by Henry James, and starring Anaïs Demoustier, Tom Mercier and Béatrice Dalle. The film is a co-production between France, Belgium and Austria. It made its world premiere in competition in the Panorama section of the 73rd Berlin Film Festival on 17 February 2023, and was released theatrically in France by Les Films du Losange on 16 August 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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