The Beast
By the year 2044, artificial intelligence reigns, and human emotions are a liability that must be surgically removed to produce a more pliant workforce. But this procedure triggers Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) to experience haunting memories of her past lives, as she encounters different incarnations of her paramour, Louis (George MacKay), first in belle epoque Paris and then in 2014 Los Angeles. As she once more undergoes the pains and pleasures of romance—and rediscovers what it means to be truly alive—Gabrielle awaits the erasure of her humanity with growing fascination and dread. In his most ambitious film yet, visionary director Bertrand Bonello freely adapts Henry James’s novella The Beast in the Jungle into a visually stunning science-fiction labyrinth that is as metaphysically mysterious as it is emotionally powerful. Powered by Seydoux’s heartrending performance, The Beast poignantly imagines the consequences of humankind becoming too afraid to risk the inherent vulnerability of love.
Janus Contemporaries releases Blu-ray and DVD editions of first-run films, fresh from theaters, in association with the Criterion Channel.
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Bertrand Bonello
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Bertrand Bonello
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cast
- Léa Seydoux
- Gabrielle
- George MacKay
- Louis
- Guslagie Malanda
- The doll Kelly
- Dasha Nekrasova
- Dakota
- Martin Scali
- Georges
- Elina Löwensohn
- The clairvoyant
- Marta Hoskins
- Gina
- Julia Faure
- Sophie
- Kester Lovelace
- Tom
- Félicien Pinot
- Augustin
- Laurent Lacotte
- The architect
Credits
- Director
- Bertrand Bonello
- Writer
- Bertrand Bonello
- Producer
- Justin Taurand
- Producer
- Bertrand Bonello
- Coproducer
- Nancy Grant
- Coproducer
- Xavier Dolan
- Cinematographer
- Josée Deshaies
- Editor
- Anita Roth
- Production designer
- Katia Wyszkop
- Sound
- Nicolas Cantin
- Sound
- Clément Laforce
- Sound
- Jean-Pierre Laforce
- Original score
- Bertrand Bonello
- Original score
- Anna Bonello
Trailer for The Beast
