Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)

Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
Directed by Jean Cocteau
Distributed by Janus Films
With Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André, Mila Parély, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair, and Raoul Marco
1946, Romance-Drama, 1h33, France

Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a feral but gentle beast—is a landmark of motion picture fantasy, with unforgettably romantic performances by Jean Marais and Josette Day. The spectacular visions of enchantment, desire, and death in Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) have become timeless icons of cinematic wonder.

The screening will be preceded by AI short To Wonderland by Matthieu Grambert (2024, Drama, 2:42 min)