THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

FRANCE, CANADA | 2023 | COLOR | DCP | 146’ | FRENCH, ENGLISH

A man and a woman meet mysteriously again and again in different times and places. In 1910 Paris, 2014 Los Angeles, in a dystopian 2044 French capital, inside a club. She is tormented by an ominous premonition. He comforts her asking her to rely on him. And yet, every encounter verifies her intuition. Bonello, one of the most unconventional directors working today, transforms the brilliant Henry James novella into a dark, brainy, exciting sci-fi tale that goes through the past and the future searching for answers to the permanent enigma of sexual attraction and human existence amidst a rapidly evolving world. L.K.

DIRECTOR: Bertrand Bonello
SCREENWRITER: Bertrand Bonello
DoP: Josée Deshaies
MUSIC: Bertrand Bonello, Anna Bonello
EDITOR: Anita Roth
PRINCIPAL CAST: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay

BERTRAND BONELLO
French director, screenwriter and composer, born in Nice in 1968. He shares his time between Paris and Montreal. ‘The Pornographer’ (2001) won the FIPRESCI at Cannes. Established in the informal movement of New Extreme French Cinema ranging between Fantasy and art house.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023 The Beast
2022 Coma
2019 Zombi Child
2016 Nocturama
2014 Saint Laurent
2011 House of Tolerance
2008 On War
2003 Tiresia
2001 The Pornographer
1998 Something Organic