Directed by:
Bertrand BonelloCinematography:
Josée DeshaiesComposer:
Bertrand BonelloCast:
Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Elina Löwensohn, Julia Faure, Marta Hoskins, Laurent Lacotte, Pierre-François Garel (more)VOD (1)
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The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay). Set first in Belle Époque-era Paris, Louis is a British man who woos her away from a cold husband. Then in early 21st Century Los Angeles, he is a disturbed American bent on delivering violent “retribution”. Will the process allow Gabrielle to fully connect with Louis in the present, or are the two doomed to repeat their previous fates?
Visually audacious director Bertrand Bonello fashions his most accomplished film to date: a sci-fi epic, inspired by Henry James turn-of-the-century novella, suffused with mounting dread and a haunting sense of mystery.
Punctuated by a career-defining, three-role performance by Seydoux, The Beast poignantly conveys humanity’s struggle against dissociative identity and emotionless existence.
(Rialto Distribution)
Cast
Léa Seydoux
France
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
George MacKay
UK
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Guslagie Malanda
Best movies:
The Romanoffs (2018) (series)
Saint Omer (2022)
The Beast (2023)
Dasha Nekrasova
Belarus
Best movies:
The Beast (2023)
Bad Behaviour (2023)
PVT CHAT (2020)
Elina Löwensohn
Romania
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Girl Without Hands (2016)
Basquiat (1996)
Julia Faure
Best movies:
Wild Innocence (2001)
Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)
Marta Hoskins
Best movies:
The Beast (2023)
Laurent Lacotte
Best movies:
La France (2007)
Around a Small Mountain (2009)
Holy Motors (2012)
Pierre-François Garel
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Django (2017)
Eden (2014)
Lukas Ionesco
Best movies:
My Little Princess (2011)
The Beast (2023)
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009) (series)
Hortense Gelinet
Best movies:
The Beast (2023)
Mortem (2010)
www.SoeurThérèse.com (2002) (series)
Pauline Jacquard
Best movies:
My Little Princess (2011)
House of Pleasures (2011)
Saint Laurent (2014)
Alice Barnole
Best movies:
The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
Renoir (2012)
House of Pleasures (2011)
Théo Hakola
USA
Antoine Barraud
Best movies:
The Beast (2023)