The Beast (2023)

Original title

La Bête

Directed by

Bertrand Bonello

Genre

drama film, science fiction film, romance film, dystopian film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 261 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman goes through a procedure to cleanse her DNA of past traumas which forces her to relive different lifetimes including one in early 1900s Paris, another in 2014 Los Angeles, and a future in 2044. In each era she encounters a man who she feels a strange connection to but their relationship is shadowed by an impending disaster.

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What happens

The Beast (French: La Bête) is a 2023 science fiction romantic drama film directed and written by Bertrand Bonello from a story he co-wrote with Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit. A co-production between France and Canada, the film is loosely based on Henry James's 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It stars Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, with Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Julia Faure, Kester Lovelace, Félicien Pinot and Laurent Lacotte in supporting roles. The Beast had its world premiere on 3 September 2023 at the 80th Venice International Film Festival as part of the official competition. The film was released theatrically in France on 7 February 2024 by Ad Vitam and in Canada on 19 April by Maison 4:3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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