Synopsis
1810. After losing all of his ships at sea, a ruined merchant is forced into exile in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle, his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace and charm. One day, on an arduous journey, the merchant stumbles on the magical realm of the Beast, who condemns him to death for stealing a rose. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate that has befallen her family, Belle offers herself up in her father’s place. But at the Beast’s castle, it is not death that awaits her, but a strange life in which moments of enchantment are mingled with joy and sadness. Every evening at dinner time, Belle and the Beast sit down together. At first like strangers with nothing in common, they slowly discover one another. While Belle must reject his amorous advances, she tries to unravel the mysteries surrounding the Beast and his realm. When night falls, fragments of the Beast’s life are revealed to her in dreams, and she discovers a tragic story in which t...
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Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Eskwad
- Co-productions : Pathé Production, TF1 Films Production, 120 Films
- Foreign production company : Studio Babelsberg
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Pathé Films
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Richard Grandpierre
- Screenwriters : Christophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh
- Director of Photography : Christophe Beaucarne
- Music Composer : Pierre Adenot
- Assistant directors : Thierry Mauvoisin, Matthieu De La Mortiere
- Editor : Sébastien Prangère
- Sound recordists : Roland Winke, Nicolas Becker, Ken Yasumoto, Cyril Holtz
- Costume designer : Pierre-Yves Gayraud
- Associate producers : Florian Genetet-Morel, Vivien Aslanian, Daniel Marquet
- Line Producer : Frédéric Doniguian
- Co-producer : Romain Le Grand
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurent Renard
- Production Designer : Thierry Flamand
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2015
César Award for Best Production Design : Thierry Flamand