Beauty and the Beast
- Original title
- La Belle et la Bête
- Year
- 1946
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
- France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jean Marais
- Josette Day
- Marcel André
- Mila Parély
- Nane Germon
- Michel Auclair
- Christian Marquand
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- Music
- Cinematography
Henri Alekan (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Fantasy. Romance. Drama | Fairy Tales / Fables
- Movie Groups
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont Adaptations
- Synopsis
- A half-ruined merchant lives in the country with his son Ludovic and his three daughters. Two of the daughters, Felicie and Adelaide, are real shrews, selfish, pretentious, evil. They exploit the third daughter, Belle, as a servant. One day, the merchant gets lost in the forest and enters a strange castle. He picks up a rose for Belle and the castle's owner appear. He is a monster, half-human, half-beast, and possesses magic powers. He sentences the merchant to death, unless he give up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself for her father and goes to the castle, discovering that the Beast is not so wild and inhuman as it seems.
- Rankings Position
- Critics' reviews
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"'Beauty and the Beast' remains a profound exploration of the human and animal worlds, light and darkness, and love and art."
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"Endures as an improbable dreamscape that marries the apex of cinema to a classic fable"
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