The Beast La bête

Bertrand Bonello / France, Canada / 2023 / 146 min / French

In the near future, where artificial intelligence rules, human emotions have become a threat. To get rid of them, Gabrielle must purify her DNA with a device that takes her back to her past lives. There, she is reunited with Louis, her great love. But she is overwhelmed by fear, a premonition of impending disaster...

cast Léa Seydoux (Gabrielle), George MacKay (Louis), Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova (Dakota), Martin Scali (Georges), Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Julia Faure, Kester Lovelace, Felicien Pinot, Laurent Lacotte, Lottie Andersen, Galice Cassagnes

festivals, awards Venice 2023, Toronto 2023, New York 2023

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Bertrand Bonello loosely adapted the film from Henry James's short story The Beast in the Jungle (1903).

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