Beauty and the Beast (2014 film)

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Beauty and the Beast
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Christophe Gans
Written by	Christophe Gans Sandra Vo-Anh
Based on	Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
Produced by	Richard Grandpierre
Starring	Vincent Cassel Léa Seydoux
Cinematography	Christophe Beaucarne
Edited by	Sébastien Prangère
Music by	Pierre Adenot
Production companies	Eskwad Pathé Studio Babelsberg
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution (France) Concorde Filmverleih (Germany)
Release dates	12 February 2014 (2014-02-12) (France) 14 February 2014 (2014-02-14) (Berlin)
Running time	112 minutes[1]
Countries	France Germany
Language	French
Budget	€35 million[2]
Box office	US$47.4 million[3]

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 2014 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.^[4]

The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival^[5] and was released in France on 12 February 2014 to generally mixed-to-negative reviews, yet was a box office success. It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 27th European Film Awards.^[6][7] It also received three nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Production Design for Thierry Flamand.^[8][9]