La Bête movie storyline. We are in a near future where artificial intelligence is all-pervading and the dominant technology. People’s emotions are now perceived as threats. Gabrielle returns to her past lives in order to purify her DNA and purify herself from her emotions.
Gabrielle, who is reunited with her great love Louis, is unfortunately filled with fear each time, and the foreboding that she will face a great disaster at any moment suffocates her. “I wanted to talk about the fear of love, which is perhaps the most heartbreaking feeling,” says director Bertrand Bonello, inspired by Henry James’ novel The Beast in the Woods. Traveling from 1910 to 2044, from Paris to Los Angeles, this touching and romantic science fiction premiered in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival.
La Bête (English: The Beast) is a 2023 French-Canadian science fiction romantic drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello from a screenplay he co-wrote with Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit, freely inspired by Henry James’ 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It stars Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, with Guslagie Malanda and Dasha Nekrasova in supporting roles. It had its world premiere in official competition at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival. It will be released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam on February 28, 2024.
La Bête (2024)
The Beast
Directed by: Bertrand Bonello
Starring: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Julia Faure, Laurent Lacotte, Galice Cassagnes, Tiffany Hofstetter
Screenplay by: Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, Benjamin Charbit
Production Design by: Katia Wyszkop
Cinematography by: Josée Deshaies
Film Editing by: Anita Roth
Costume Design by: Pauline Jacquard
Art Direction by: Florence Aillerie, Edouard Blaise
Music by: Bertrand Bonello, Anna Bonello
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Ad Vitam (France)
Release Date: September 3, 2023 (Venice), February 28, 2024 (France), April 5, 2024 (United States)
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