Beauty and the Beast (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Christophe Gans |
| Produced by | Richard Grandpierre |
| Written by | Christophe Gans Sandra Vo-Anh |
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Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve |
| Starring |
Vincent Cassel Léa Seydoux André Dussollier |
| Music by | Pierre Adenot |
| Cinematography | Christophe Beaucarne |
| Edited by | Sébastien Prangère |
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Pathé (France) Concorde Filmverleih (Germany) |
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112 minutes |
| Country | France Germany |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €35 million |
| Box office | US$49.1 million (international) |
Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 2014 Franco-German romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo-Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars Léa Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast.
The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was released in France on 12 February 2014 to positive reviews, becoming a box office success. International reviews were more mixed. It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 27th European Film Awards. It also received three nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Production Design for Thierry Flamand.
In France, a widowed merchant (André Dussollier) is forced to sell his estate after his ships are lost at sea, leaving him bankrupt. He moves to a simple house in the countryside with his six children, though the only one happy with the change is his youngest daughter, Belle (Léa Seydoux). In town, the merchant is forced to flee into the forest when Perducas (Eduardo Noriega) threatens to harm him over his son's debts.
While lost in the forest, the merchant stumbles upon the magical domain of the Beast (Vincent Cassel). The merchant is confronted by the Beast when he tries to take a single red rose for Belle. As price for nabbing one of his roses, the Beast demands the merchant's servitude or his family will be killed. The Beast gives the merchant one day's leave to say goodbye to his children. Learning of her father's fate, Belle, feeling responsible, steals her father's horse and returns to the castle to take her father's place.
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