La bête

2023 [FRENCH]

Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

31
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 144 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 12563 12.6K

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Plot summary

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

Director

Bertrand Bonello Photo
Bertrand Bonello

Top cast

Céline Carrère Photo
Céline Carrère as Femme bal 1910
Léa Seydoux Photo
Léa Seydoux as Gabrielle Monnier
Benjamin Crotty Photo
Benjamin Crotty as (voice)
Pauline Jacquard Photo
Pauline Jacquard as Femme bal 1910
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1.31 GB
1280*692
French 2.0
Unrated
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24 fps
2 hr 25 min
Seeds 16
2.69 GB
1920*1038
French 5.1
Unrated
us  fr  
24 fps
2 hr 25 min
Seeds 22
2.44 GB
1920*1038
French 5.1
Unrated
us  fr  
24 fps
2 hr 25 min
Seeds 19

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Though it's really way too long, I did

Though it's really way too long, I did rather enjoy the developing chemistry here between Léa Seydoux ("Gabrielle") and George MacKay's "Louis". The story isn't really structured, it's all largely dictated from her consciousness lounging in the bath of Guinness no longer needed by "Baron Harkkonen" where she is having her DNA cleansed. This is ostensibly to make her life happier and more fulfilled, to take the rough edges off disappointment and pain - and generally to turn her into a rather soporific drone. The thing is, whilst plugged in and gently soaking we discover that her brain isn't co-operating with the process and that she is having very lifelike fantasies - historical, contemporary and futuristic with the handsome and enigmatic "Louis". The story in itself isn't really up to very much. It's an episodic jaunt through what is/was/might be their lives - together and apart. What does work well is the ambiguity. The sense that artificial intelligence, either working on it's own or at the behest of humanity, can rearrange our thoughts and our memories. It can create as convincingly as it can delete comprehensively - and all because there is a sense that emotions are unpredictable, unreliable and therefore a threat to the stability of a new "natural order". The dialogue can meander into the realms of psycho-babble now and again which does detract from the subtle but clear thrust of the narrative, but it is actually quite a scary prognosis of what might become fact if we are not careful to protect what is real and important.
Reviewed by justinwfirestone 5 / 10

A Black Mirror short story stretched thinly into 145 minutes

It would be slightly unfair to assert that The Beast is a 20-minute story concept pulled from the rejection pile of Black Mirror plots, but given that it was loosely based on a 1903 novella from Henry James, it could be merely unfair to make such an assertion. We see past lives lived throughout imperfect days, slavishly assembled in three interleaved timelines, sometimes experienced within an alternative reality, while at other times merely through fictional narrative.If one pays attention for all 145 minutes, and one would assuredly deserve a personalized baby poupée if one were to have the fortitude and stimulants required to achieve such a task, one would likely attain a sense of metaphorical imagery. There are metaphors for art, floods, beasts, pigeons, love songs, or maybe I have it backwards. There could be metaphors for humanity, disaster, and dolls. Either way, The Beast is probably filled with several metaphors for which I missed their significance, except for any references to flooding or fires. Flooding and fires are metaphors for disaster, whether real or impending.Léa Seydoux and George MacKay act with the necessary talent to put together movies like this, but movies like this remind me how I would appreciate it if restaurants were to offer Half the Food for Half the Price.I wouldn't mind directors offering Half a Movie for Half the Price.
Reviewed by Valkonian 8 / 10

A great movie, but definitely not for everyone

I am a huge Léa Seydoux fan so I may be a little biased. This is a slow burn film at 2hrs 26min. This is not a Hollywood popcorn movie. You really need to focus and pay attention for the whole movie. Loaded with symbolism throughout, it will reward you if you remain diligent in viewing it, and maybe watching it again.

For those who hated it I'd like to pose the question do you understand the actual fear of falling in love? The fear of being in love? Do you really understand these fears and anxieties? If you can't then you really won't understand the film. Can you understand living with no emotions and feelings? The scene with the woman strangling the cat is a very chilling scene.

That invisible beast of anxiety can be one of the most crippling things in life. It can hold your life for so long, it's a terrible thing. In reality it doesn't exist, because it's only in our minds. This is something the film was trying to portray.

Léa Seydoux's performance is tremendous. I really wasn't that impressed with the casting of George MacKay. Seydoux really commanded the film and thankfully so.

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